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2007-03-20 22:11:36 · 5 answers · asked by charmed 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
transport = moving something to another location.
transportation = the physical means by which you transport something. (car,bike, train)
2007-03-20 22:29:12 · answer #1 · answered by djm749 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"To transport" is a verb. It means to move or bring people from one place to another, while
"Transportation" is a noun. It means things like trains, buses, cars, bicycles, taxis etc.
I used to think they were different. But after reading from the internet it looks as if they may be used interchangeably at times. Transport may also be a noun so in that case, there is very little difference between the two if any.
Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans ("across") and portare ("to carry"). Industries which have the business of providing equipment, actual transport, or goods and services used in transport of goods or people make up a large broad and important sector of most national economies, and are collectively referred to as transport industries.
Aspects of transport
The field of transport has several aspects: loosely they can be divided into a triad of infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Infrastructure includes the transport networks (roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, pipelines, etc.) that are used, as well as the nodes or terminals (such as airports, railway stations, bus stations and seaports). The vehicles generally ride on the networks, such as automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, aircrafts. The operations deal with the way the vehicles are operated on the network and the procedures set for this purpose including the legal environment (Laws, Codes, Regulations, etc.) Policies, such as how to finance the system (for example, the use of tolls or gasoline taxes) may be considered part of the operations.
Broadly speaking, the design of networks are the domain of civil engineering and urban planning, the design of vehicles of mechanical engineering and specialized subfields such as nautical engineering and aerospace engineering, and the operations are usually specialized, though might appropriately belong to operations research or systems engineering.
==Modes and categories ==
Main article: Mode of transport
Modes are combinations of networks, vehicles, and operations, and include walking, the road transport system, rail transport, ship transport and modern aviation.
Categories of transport* (Non-human) Animal-powered transport
Aviation
Cable transport
Conveyor transport
Human-powered transport
Hybrid transport
New Mobility Agenda
Ship transport
Space transport
Sustainable transportation
Transport on other planets
Proposed future transport
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2007-03-21 06:07:43 · answer #2 · answered by hope 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously, transport is the verb form. It is an action of getting an object from one place to the other. Transportation is a noun. It is the means by which an object is taken from one place to another. " He transported his belongings via air transportation."
2007-03-21 05:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by adonisMD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Transport is a verb
Transportation is a noun.
You do the maths!
2007-03-21 05:32:53 · answer #4 · answered by Luisho 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Transport is 'take sth/sb from one place to another in a vehicle'
Transportation is 'transporting or being transported'
2007-03-21 05:15:53 · answer #5 · answered by Madeline 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋