tram vs transport

tram

noun
  • A similar vehicle for carrying materials. 

  • An aerial cable car. 

  • A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train. 

  • A people mover. 

  • A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams). 

  • A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods. 

  • A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America). 

verb
  • To weave in this manner. 

  • To transport (material) by tram. 

  • To travel by tram. 

  • To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway. 

  • To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the head of a drill press. 

transport

noun
  • A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.) 

  • The state of being transported by emotion; rapture. 

  • An act of transporting; conveyance. 

  • A tractor-trailer. 

  • A deported convict. 

  • A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc. 

  • The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system. 

verb
  • To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey. 

  • To deport to a penal colony. 

  • To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away. 

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