Gondola
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice. A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo # An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain; an enclosed ski lift; a cable car. # The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc. # The hanging cart in which a glass-cleaning worker stands to clean exterior glass on tall buildings. # That part of a transporter bridge that carries passengers, vehicles, along the length of the bridge span. A type of open railway car with low sides, used to carry heavy freight such as crushed rock or steel.
Car
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animalA wheeled vehicle that moves independently, steered by a driver mostly for personal transportation; a motor car or automobileAn unpowered unit in a railroad train.an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.A sliding fitting that runs along a track.The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
Example sentence: We aren't addicted to oil, but our cars are.