Ship vs. Barge: What's the Difference?

Ship and Barge Definitions
Ship
A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.
Barge
A long, large, usually flatbottom boat for transporting freight that is generally unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft.
Ship
A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts.
Barge
A large, open pleasure boat used for parties, pageants, or formal ceremonies.
Ship
An aircraft or spacecraft.
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Barge
A powerboat reserved for the use of an admiral.
Ship
The crew of one of these vessels.
Barge
To carry by barge.
Ship
One's fortune
When my ship comes in, I'll move to a larger house.
Barge
To move about clumsily.
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Ship
To place or receive on board a ship
Shipped the cargo in the hold.
Barge
To intrude or interrupt, especially rudely
Barged into the meeting.
Ship
To cause to be transported; send.
Barge
A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
Ship
(nautical) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
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Barge
A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
Ship
A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
Barge
A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
Ship
A spaceship (the type of pattern in a cellular automaton).
Barge
One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
Ship
A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
Barge
The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
Ship
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Barge
(US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
Ship
(cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
Barge
A large omnibus used for excursions.
Ship
(dated) An aircraft.
Barge
To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
Ship
(fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.
Barge
(transitive) To push someone.
Ship
(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
Barge
A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.
Ship
(transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
To ship freight by railroad
Barge
A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.
Ship
(ambitransitive) To release a product (not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
Our next issue ships early next year.
It compiles? Ship it!
Barge
A large boat used by flag officers.
Ship
(ambitransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
To ship seamen
I shipped on a man-of-war.
Barge
A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
Ship
(intransitive) To embark on a ship.
Barge
A large omnibus used for excursions.
Ship
To put or secure in its place.
To ship the tiller or rudder
Barge
A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
Ship
(transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.
Barge
Push one's way;
She barged into the meeting room
Ship
Leave, depart, scram.
Barge
Transport by barge on a body of water
Ship
To pass (from one person to another).
Can you ship me the ketchup?
Ship
To go all in.
Ship
(sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.
Ship
(rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
Ship
(fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.
I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.
I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel's Agent Carter”.
Ship
Pay; reward.
In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants.
Ship
Any large seagoing vessel.
Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim,Sails filled, and streamers waving.
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Ship
Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.
Ship
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Ship
To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium.
Ship
By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.
Ship
Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
Ship
To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.
Ship
To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
Ship
To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
Ship
To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.
Ship
To embark on a ship.
Ship
A vessel that carries passengers or freight
Ship
Transport commercially
Ship
Hire for work on a ship
Ship
Go on board
Ship
Travel by ship
Ship
Place on board a ship;
Ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel