bus vs coach

bus

noun
  • A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads. 

  • An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components. 

  • An ambulance. 

  • Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target. 

verb
  • To travel by bus. 

  • To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration. 

  • To clear meal remains from. 

  • To transport via a motor bus. 

  • To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy. 

coach

noun
  • A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power. 

  • The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section. 

  • The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class. 

  • The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck. 

  • A trainer or instructor. 

  • A long-distance, or privately hired, bus. 

  • A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit. 

adv
  • Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section. 

verb
  • To instruct; to train. 

  • To train. 

  • To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it). 

  • To convey in a coach. 

  • To study under a tutor. 

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