Difference between Tug and Tugboat

What is the difference between Tug and Tugboat?

Tug as a noun is a sudden powerful pull while Tugboat as a noun is a small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

Tug

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a sudden powerful pull a tugboat

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to pull or drag with great effort to pull hard repeatedly to tow by tugboat

Example sentence: '2016' is based on an experiment: what if you let Obama do it himself? That experiment is necessarily limited because I'm not factoring in a Republican House, a Supreme Court or the tug of public opinion.

Tugboat

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

We hope you now know whether to use Tug or Tugboat in your sentence.

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