Difference between boat and ship?

Difference between boat and ship?
 

English?

There's probably a technical difference, but I believe a boat is smaller than a ship.

and in the following context:
I´m travelling by boat/ship

You might go on a boat trip but a journey in a ship:D

More correctly you would go on a voyage in a ship, but journey is OK too.

The distinction between a ship and a boat varies depending on regional definitions, but as a general rule, a boat can fit onto a ship, but a ship cannot fit onto a boat. A ship, in other words, is a very large ocean-going vessel, while a boat tends to be much smaller. Additionally, a ship usually is defined as having a displacement larger than 500 tons. During the age of sailing, a craft with three or more rigged masts was considered to be a ship, but this definition has been superseded, as different methods of power generation are used on modern ships. :D

And in colloquial every-day language, the differences in the meanings of the two words is not very distinct. Many times people will use one or the other when the opposite is obviously more correct....

all vehicles of transortation that float on water that have sides are boats.
Ships are big boats, canoes are small boats. There are many words for
all the types of boats that exist.
It's like birds. Condors are birds and so are kiwis

boats are smaller

Debe ser la misma que entre bote y buque.

@Hernán: Yo diría que la misma entre barco y nave... :thinking:

"Bote" es una embarcación pequeña y "buque" es un barcote. ¿no? ;)

All sea ships are boats. Not all boats are sea ships.

Isn't a buque a ferry?
PD supongo que un buque es un ferry si el ferry es bien grande.

Una nave es chica o grande lo mismo que un navío nave/navío=vessel

Se dice un buque/navío/nave de un trasatlántico o uno de guerra.

Nunca he escuchado de un bote de guerra.

Incluso una nave puede ser una que vuela, como un avión.




Un ferry es un ferry, mora like a boat, same thing as a tow boat. etc...

Buque es un barco con cubierta lo suficientemente grande para transportar personas o mercancías:
buque de guerra
buque de mercancía

Ferry es un barco que transporta vehículos y personas de un punto a otro y vuelve al mismo punto de partida. El ferry es un buque pero un buque no siempre es un ferry.