Difference between Transfer and Transport

What is the difference between Transfer and Transport?

Transfer as a noun is the act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another. while Transport as a noun is an act of transporting; conveyance.

Transfer

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another. An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal. A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another. To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another. To be or become transferred. To arrange for something to officially belong to or be controlled by somebody else.

Transport

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To change the location or place of.To deport to a penal colony.To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An act of transporting; conveyance.The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)A tractor-trailer.The system of transporting passengers etc in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.A deported convict.

We hope you now know whether to use Transfer or Transport in your sentence.

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