Boat and Tugboat

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Boat noun - A small buoyant structure for travel on water.

Usage example: paddling the little boat across the lake is great exercise, but tiring

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Tugboat and boat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tugboat" instead a noun "Boat".

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

Tugboat noun - A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships.

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Boat and tugboat are semantically related. You can use "Boat" instead a noun "Tugboat".

In the Mickey Mouse short "Tugboat Mickey", Mickey is waxing the mast of his boat when a sleepy pelican accidentally swallows the bucket of wax and gets severely intoxicated.

Source: Pelican Package Pouch
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Although it's completely unintentional since the person manning the helm is shot, a tugboat manages to sink a German U-Boat by ramming straight into it.

Source: Ramming Always Works
Ramming Always Works: During the brief time Benjamin's in WWII, the tugboat he's crew on rams and sinks an enemy U-Boat that had just sunk a troop transport.

Source: Film / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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