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So, here's what I don't get. The difference between a ship and a boat is that you can fit a boat on a ship, but your can't fit a ship on a boat, right? Well, bigass car ferries and naval submarines haven't got lifeboats most of the time, making them boats, but they're generally enormous, while you can hoist a small rubber dingy onto your 20-foot motorboat and voila, it's a ship, now. Also, in the aviation world we frequently refer to aircraft as -ships based on what their job is, and a flight can be counted by the number of ships in it, especially when talking to a tower. So, why is "ship" such a fucky concept? Why is it so hard to nail down what a "ship" is?
