Transport vs. Transit
Difference Between Transport and Transit
Transportverb
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
to transport goods; to transport troopsTransitnoun
The act of passing over, across, or through something.
Transportverb
(historical) To deport to a penal colony.
Transitnoun
The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
the transit of goods through a countryTransportverb
(figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
Music transports the soul.Transitnoun
(astronomy) The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
Transportnoun
An act of transporting; conveyance.
Transitnoun
A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
Transportnoun
The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
Transitnoun
(navigation) An imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit.
Transportnoun
A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
Transitnoun
(British) A Ford Transit van, see Transit. en
Transportnoun
(Canada) A tractor-trailer.
Transitnoun
(North America) Public transport system.
Transportnoun
The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
Transitverb
To pass over, across or through something.
Transportnoun
A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
Transitverb
To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
Transportnoun
(historical) A deported convict.
Transitverb
To make a transit.
Transportnoun
something that serves as a means of transportation
Transitverb
(Internet) To carry communications traffic to and from a customer or another network on a compensation basis as opposed to peerage in which the traffic to and from another network is carried on an equivalency basis or without charge.
Transportnoun
an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
Transitnoun
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
Transportnoun
the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials
Transitnoun
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
Transportnoun
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;
listening to sweet music in a perfect raptureTransitnoun
a journey usually by ship;
the outward passage took 10 daysTransportnoun
a mechanism that transport magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
Transitverb
make a passage or journey from one place to another
Transportverb
move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
Transitverb
pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place);
The comet will transit on September 11Transportverb
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body;
You must carry your camping gearcarry the suitcases to the carThis train is carrying nuclear wasteThese pipes carry waste water into the riverTransitverb
revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
Transportverb
hold spellbound
Transitverb
cause or enable to pass through;
The canal will transit hundreds of ships every dayTransportverb
transport commercially
Transportverb
send from one person or place to another;
transmit a message
