vessel and ship

[Mad-ox]

hello everybody,

Is there any difference in meaning beween these two words: VESSEL and SHIP?


thank you in advance,
Madox

[Daruma]

Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Cambridge University Press
vessel (SHIP)
noun [C] FORMAL
a large boat or a ship:
a cargo/fishing/naval/patrol/sailing/supply vessel

Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
vessel
formal : a ship or large boat
▪ a fishing/sailing vessel

Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Cambridge University Press
ship (BOAT)
noun [C]
a large boat for travelling on water, especially across the sea:
a sailing ship
a merchant/naval ship
They boarded (= went on to) a ship that was sailing (= leaving) the next day.

Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
ship
a large boat used for traveling long distances over the sea [count]
▪ a sailing/cruise/merchant ship
▪ the captain of the ship [noncount]
▪ He will travel by ship.

[Eden Darien]

hello everybody,

Is there any difference in meaning beween these two words: VESSEL and SHIP?


thank you in advance,
Madox

Vessel = (as in French vaisseau) is a general term for all craft capable of floating on water larger than a rowing boat, such as ships.

While

Ship = (as in old English) A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft, sometimes with multiple decks. A ship usually has sufficient size to carry its own boats, such as lifeboats, dinghies, or runabouts. A rule of thumb saying (though it doesn't always apply) goes: "a boat can fit on a ship, but a ship can't fit on a boat". Often local law and regulation will define the exact size (or the number of masts) which a boat requires to become a ship. (Note that one refers to submarines as "boats").

[konungursvia]

Even more generally, a vessel is any large container, while a ship is any large boat.

[Searching for language]

My dictionary(Websters) says that a vessel is a container which can hold liquids. In other words, a boat, ship, bowl, glass, a pot are all vessels.

I am not a teacher.

[konungursvia]

My dictionary(Websters) says that a vessel is a container which can hold liquids. In other words, a boat, ship, bowl, glass, a pot are all vessels.

I am not a teacher.

That makes good sense: vaisseau ends in eau, water, and so it looks like the term comes from L. vasum, jug or cup, + water.

[Searching for language]

I seem to remember a prayer in a Christian prayerbook which says something like "Lord, make me a vessel for your love and understanding."

[Raymott]

I seem to remember a prayer in a Christian prayerbook which says something like "Lord, make me a vessel for your love and understanding."

That is 'vessel' in the sense of 'conduit', as in a blood vessel. (I think)

[Searching for language]

That is 'vessel' in the sense of 'conduit', as in a blood vessel. (I think)

To me it means "let my body, my life be filled with your love and understanding" However, if you look at it as a conduit, then it could mean that you are furthering that love and understanding.