What is the difference between a ship and a boat??

Question

has it something to do with weight(even thought a nuclear submarine weighs as much as an aircraft carier) or maybe the fact that a ship when it turns port leans starboard for example, and vice verca

Answer 1

a ship is for crrying loads of people of things and a boat is for leisure or fishing...i think anyway x

Answer 2

Ships go on top {skimmers} as the R.N. call them,

Boats go underneath.{Sardine cans} or submarines

Answer 3

About 1mm

Answer 4

I know the difference between a boat and a yacht is that a yacht has sleeping accommodation in cabins, while a boat doesn't, it is open.

Answer 5

There are times that I just love to put spanners in the works!

I seem to recall that a year or two back, much to the shame of the Royal Navy, one of its SHIPS having run aground, had to be brought back to the UK as deck cargo on another SHIP.

According to the answers already received, did this WARSHIP metamorphosis into a WARBOAT?

I would like to put a smiley on this answer, so don't take it seriously

Answer 6

A ship usually is defined as having a displacement larger than 500 tons. During the age of sailing, a craft with three or more rigged masts was considered to be a ship, but this definition has been superseded, as different methods of power generation are used on modern ships. See more on the link below:

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-diff...

Answer 7

Well, we could get technical, I suppose. Among sailing vessels, the distinction between ships and boats is that a ship is a square-rigged craft with at least three masts, and a boat isn't. With regard to motorised craft, a ship is a large vessel intended for oceangoing or at least deep-water transport, and a boat is anything else.

But that's too much to remember. Try this: ships have to be big enough to carry boats, and boats have to be small enough to be carried by ships.

There are exceptions, of course. Many commercial fishing craft, for example, are sizable oceangoing vessels, yet they're almost invariably called boats. Similarly for submarines, built by General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division. The Great Lakes are pretty deep, and one sees certain large vessels on them that to all appearances are ships, but in fact said vessels are commonly called ore boats. However, these exceptions mar the classic purity of the answer above, so we'll pay them no mind.

... There is much more if you click below but this should be enough to be getting on with.

xxFJ

PS: What is the difference between a ship and a boat?

The difference between a ship and a boat is size. Generally, a boat is a smaller craft than a ship. Ship is the more broad term for any oceangoing craft. A boat is a small vehicle for traveling on water. A boat can have oars, paddles, sails, or a motor to make it move. A ship is a large boat that can travel across deep water, such as a sea or ocean. A ship is built to carry people or goods for a long distance. A ship is propelled by sail or power only. However, there are two notable exceptions: submarines are officially boats and ore-carrying vessels that traverse large lakes are also called boats.

Thats from Dictionary.com

Answer 8

This question gets asked every two or three weeks.

Answers include:- There is no definitive definition but normally boats are small and are also British Subs and ships are large.

There is no definition of small or large that will satisfy everybody.

Answer 9

Difference between a rock and a stone?  "Stone of Ages" doesn't cut it.  (C Shultz-Peanuts)

Answer 10

Size.

A boat can be carried aboard a ship; a ship cannot be carried aboard a boat.

Answer 11

A ship has a captain, a boat only a crew.

Answer 12

A ship is big. A boat is small.

Answer 13

The name ship I would imagine derives from the word shipment which is designed for shipping cargo or passengers on long hauls. Like the word ferry is designed to carry smaller loads of passengers and vehicles etc. to ferry across short crossings. The word boat probably derives from the word buoyant as the boat was the first invention to float on water. The size of the vessel determines whether it is a boat, a ferry or a ship. This is my guess that what is different between a boat and a ship.

Answer 14

A boat goes underwater ie a submarine.

Answer 15

Technicaly modern Nuclear Submarines are ships. Bu US Navy stadnards >1000 gross tons is a ship, everything smaller is a boat. We still call submarines boats from tradition. Early Submarines up through WWII, where less than 1000T. So it is tradition now, we have a position called Chief of the Boat. We also refer to them as boats, to differentiate us from those Surface Ships. Nearly every Submariner sees it as insult to have anything that can get us confused with the Surface Fleet.

Answer 16

Jeez...relax people. What poindexters!

They ARE ALL BOATS. There we cleared that up.

Ships are commercial.

Yachts are pleasure.

talk amongst yourselves....