ferry vs transport

ferry

verb
  • To carry; transport; convey. 

  • To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly. 

  • To pass over water in a boat or by ferry. 

  • To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores. 

noun
  • The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service. 

  • A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule. 

  • A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship. 

transport

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. 

noun
  • The state of being transported by emotion; rapture. 

  • An act of transporting; conveyance. 

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

  • 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. 

How often have the words ferry and transport occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )