different between ferryboat vs lifeboat

English

Alternative forms

• ferry-boat, ferry boat

Etymology

ferry +? boat

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??i?bo?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??i?b??t/
• Hyphenation: fer?ry?boat

Noun

ferryboat (plural ferryboats)

1. (nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
   • 1893, James Wells Goodwin, Peyton Boyle, Robert Desty, The Federal reporter, Vol. 54, page 206

     He insists that it is practically undisputed that, when the ferryboat crossed the bow of the tug to make her slip, she crossed at a distance of at least 300 feet away

   • 1940, LIFE, Sep 2, 1940, page 59

     The ferryboat "Argentina" rides toward Golden Gate, her ocean-going prow slicing the waves.

   • 1983, Mary Stiles Kline, George Albert Bayless, Ferryboats: a legend on Puget Sound, link

     It was on this vessel that the founder of the second largest ferryboat company on Puget Sound...

Translations

English

Etymology

From life +? boat.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?la?f?b??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?la?f?bo?t/

Noun

lifeboat (plural lifeboats)

1. (nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
   • 1971, Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, "Halo of Flies", Alice Cooper (band), Killer.

2. (science fiction) An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.

Synonyms

• quarter boat, rowboat, raft

Derived terms

• lifeboat ethics
• lifeboatman
• lunar lifeboat

Translations

Verb

lifeboat (third-person singular simple present lifeboats, present participle lifeboating, simple past and past participle lifeboated)

1. To rescue; to carry to safety