bus vs vehicle

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. 

vehicle

noun
  • A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals. 

  • A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. 

  • An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits 

  • An entity to achieve an end. 

  • A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana. 

  • A medium for expression of talent or views. 

  • The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug. 

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