Boat and Liner

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Boat noun - A large craft for travel by water.

Usage example: you'll have to take a passenger boat to get to the island

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Liner is a synonym for boat. In some cases you can use "Liner" instead a noun "Boat".

Nearby Words: boatload, boating, boater, boated, boatyard

Liner noun - A protective covering that protects an inside surface.

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Boat is a synonym for liner in ship topic. You can use "Boat" instead a noun "Liner", if it concerns topics such as sea.

Nearby Words: line, lined, lining

old	old boat	old liner
full	full boat	full liner
single	single boat	single liner
actual	actual boat	actual liner
Other adjectives: entire, large, huge, cool, sinking, derelict, famous, private, sunken, damaged, giant, armed, eponymous, wrecked, capsized.

A German U-boat mistook a passenger liner running without lights for an armed merchant ship... You get the idea.

Source: Works Set in World War II
Groves thought the ship in the distance was a passenger liner, but here he changes his mind and agrees with Lord that it is a small freighter or fishing boat.

Source: Series / Titanic (1996)
They then use the small boat as to get the liner while the man giving them the boat shouts at them that it's the small one they're getting (he is ignored).

Source: Comic Book / The Beano

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