What's the difference between cathead and ferry?

Cathead


Definition:

  • (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.

Example Sentences:

Ferry


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.
  • (v. i.) To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.
  • (v. t.) A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.
  • (v. t.) A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
  • (v. t.) A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There is a mutual interest in keeping prosperity that exists and has built over the years.” But Pisani-Ferry said Macron would certainly not seek to punish Britain.
  • (2) US military aircraft and personnel arrived in Nepal on Sunday and were due to begin helping ferry relief supplies to stricken areas outside the capital.
  • (3) If it means calling in the French military to support the police, then so be it.” A Eurotunnel spokesman said: “Eurotunnel reiterates its call to the authorities to provide a solution to the migrant crisis and restore order to the Calais region.” The Port of Dover, which faced heavy disruption all week due to striking ferry workers in France, said it remained open for business.
  • (4) The pH-dependence of the magnetic moment of a ferri-haem undecapeptide, produced by peptic digestion of cytochrome c, has been measured in aqueous solution using a nuclear magnetic resonance method.
  • (5) The bedrooms have sea views over the Sound of Sleat, which you can cross during the summer on the original Skye ferry, which carries just a few cars at a time across the Kylerhea narrows.
  • (6) The Cape Ray, a 648ft converted car ferry, has been waiting at the Spanish port of Rota for four months for the extraction of chemical weapons from Syria to be completed.
  • (7) In a complex so large that travelator conveyor belts were installed to ferry visitors between the exhibition halls, the multitude of new gadgets on display can be bewildering.
  • (8) But in the event, two US writers have made the final round of this year's award: Joshua Ferris and Karen Joy Fowler .
  • (9) This lovely coastal route also gives you an excuse to hop on the Skye ferry, which plies its way over the narrows to Kylerhea from the start of this walk.
  • (10) Another wonderful thing to do is to take a ferry from Tobermory to Fathom Five national marine park and swim to one of the many underwater wrecks.
  • (11) Macedonia acted as a Greek car ferry docked in Athens carrying 2,400 Syrian refugees from the island of Kos, just some of the 50,000 Middle Eastern, African and Asian migrants and refugees who arrived in Greece in July alone.
  • (12) Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said flights between Ireland and the UK would remain cancelled until 5am on Friday, 24 hours later than its other services since most passengers travelling between Ireland and the UK could switch to coach and ferry alternatives.
  • (13) Using Koufonissi as a base, there are daily excursions by caique and ferry to nearby islands, including Iraklia, where walkers can follow a pilgrims' trail across the high lands to spectacular St John's Cave, carved into a limestone cliff.
  • (14) Trond Berntsen, 51, one of the island's security officials, had met Breivik off the ferry.
  • (15) • €165 a night, i-escape.com La Mare Chappey, Manche, Normandy Just 20 miles from the ferry port at Cherbourg, this collection of cottages in the grounds of a 16th-century manor house is perfect for a hassle-free family holiday.
  • (16) A further three sites were examined, at Druridge Bay in Northumberland, Kingsnorth in Kent and Owston Ferry in South Yorkshire, and although "worthy of consideration", have been rejected for now.
  • (17) Rylance has lent his support to the Save Our Sands campaign, speaking about his ancestors who lived in Dover, including his great grandfather, who was the captain of a cross -channel ferry.
  • (18) In the Congo basin, many disabled people, who are exempt from ferry fares, smuggle goods across the waters dividing the nations' riverine capitals.
  • (19) The home secretary, Theresa May , led demands for a new Europe-wide travel database to track the movement of all air, train and ferry passengers at an emergency meeting of EU interior ministers in Paris on Sunday.
  • (20) Joshua Ferris's novel about dentistry, virtual identity and the search for meaning is bitingly funny; Karen Joy Fowler draws on studies of chimpanzee behaviour to consider what it is that makes us human.