boat vs canoe

boat

verb
  • To place in a boat. 

  • To travel by boat. 

  • To transport in a boat. 

noun
  • A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind. 

  • A full house. 

  • One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat. 

  • A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape. 

  • The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally. 

canoe

verb
  • To ride or paddle a canoe. 

noun
  • An oversize, usually older, luxury car. 

  • A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends. 

  • Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats. 

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