Transfer vs Transportation - What's the Difference?

Transfer

Transportation

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
  • application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
  • someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
  • the act of transfering something from one form to another
  • transferring ownership
  • the act of moving something from one location to another
Definition as Noun
  • the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
  • the act of expelling a person from their native land
  • the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
  • the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
  • the act of moving something from one location to another
  • a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
Definition as Verb
  • move from one place to another
  • cause to change ownership
  • change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
  • transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
  • shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
  • move around
  • send from one person or place to another
  • lift and reset in another soil or situation
  • transfer from one place or period to another
Definition as Verb

Examples

  • "the best student was a transfer from LSU"
  • "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise"
  • "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
  • "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"
  • "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast"
  • "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"
  • "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
  • "transmit a message"
  • "Transplant the young rice plants"
  • "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
  • "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Noun