forklift vs hand truck

forklift

noun
  • A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved. 

verb
  • To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle. 

hand truck

noun
  • An L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand-truck is upright. It makes otherwise bulky and heavy objects easier to move. 

  • Synonym of pallet jack 

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