Automobile vs. Van
Difference Between Automobile and Van
Automobilenoun
A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
Vannoun
A (covered) vehicle used for carrying goods or people, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but smaller than a truck/lorry.
The van sped down the road.Automobileverb
To travel by automobile.
Vannoun
(British) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods.
Automobileadjective
Self-moving; self-propelled.
Vannoun
A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
Automobilenoun
4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;
he needs a car to get to workVannoun
form of Shortened form|caravan.
Automobileverb
travel in an automobile
Vannoun
form of Shortened form|vanguard.
Vannoun
(mining) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
Vannoun
A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
Vannoun
A wing with which the air is beaten.
Vanverb
(transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
Vanverb
to be arrested by law enforcement (not necessarily in a van, derived from the slang "party van") this definition "to be vanned", not "to van"
Vanverb
(mining) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
Vannoun
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
Vannoun
the leading units moving at the head of an army
Vannoun
a camper equipped with living quarters
Vannoun
a truck with an enclosed cargo space
