Craft vs. Vehicle — What's the Difference?

An art requiring special skill.

A conveyance that can be steered and is used for transport.

Any of the various types of boats or small aircraft.

A mechanism through which something is accomplished, conveyed, or carried out.

A vehicle designed for navigation in water or air.

A means of transporting goods or persons from one place to another.

Skill and experience in a particular manual activity.

Any device that moves people or cargo, particularly on land.

The occupation or practice involving skilled work with one's hands.

Something used as a medium to express, embody, or fulfill something.

A craft or trade is a pastime or an occupation that requires particular skills and knowledge of skilled work. In a historical sense, particularly the Middle Ages and earlier, the term is usually applied to people occupied in small scale production of goods, or their maintenance, for example by tinkers.

A vehicle (from Latin: vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses), railed vehicles (trains, trams), watercraft (ships, boats), amphibious vehicles (screw-propelled vehicle, hovercraft), aircraft (airplanes, helicopters) and spacecraft.Land vehicles are classified broadly by what is used to apply steering and drive forces against the ground: wheeled, tracked, railed or skied.

Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.

A thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, lorry, or cart

Skill in evasion or deception; guile.

A thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something

An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.

A film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage

The practitioners of such an occupation or trade considered as a group.

A privately controlled company through which an individual or organization conducts a particular kind of business, especially investment.

Pl. craft A boat, ship, aircraft, or spacecraft.

A device or structure for transporting persons or things; a conveyance

Crafts Items made by craftspeople.

A self-propelled conveyance that runs on tires; a motor vehicle.

To make or construct (something) with care or ingenuity.

A medium through which something is transmitted, expressed, or accomplished

Strength; power; might; force .

The concrete or specific word or phrase that is applied to the tenor of a metaphor and gives the metaphor its figurative power, as walking shadow in "Life's but a walking shadow" (Shakespeare).

(uncountable) Intellectual power; skill; art.

A play, role, or piece of music used to display the special talents of one performer or company.

Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .

An inactive substance that is combined with an active medication to facilitate administration.

Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .

A substance, such as oil, in which paint pigments are mixed for application.

(obsolete) Occult art, magic .

A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.

A work or product of art .

A medium for expression of talent or views.

(collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts .

A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.

A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .

(pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .

An entity to achieve an end.

(uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .

(Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.

A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .

(Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits

(countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .

That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.

A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .

That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy.

(nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.

A substance in which medicine is taken.

Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.

Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.

(figurative) A woman.

A liquid used to spread sensitive salts upon glass and paper for use in photography.

Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .

A conveyance that transports people or objects

To make by hand and with much skill.

A medium for the expression or achievement of something;

To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).

Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another

(video games) To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.

Strength; might; secret power.

Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade.

Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers.

Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices.

A vessel; vessels of any kind; - generally used in a collective sense.

To play tricks; to practice artifice.

The skilled practice of a practical occupation;

A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space

People who perform a particular kind of skilled work;

Skill in an occupation or trade

Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Make by hand and with much skill;

In transportation, a craft typically refers to boats or aircraft.

Industries related to transportation, arts, and crafts use these terms according to their specific needs and contexts.

A vehicle is any transport means, while a craft specifically refers to types of boats and aircraft, or skilled manual activities.

Craft in this context could mean pottery, woodworking, or any skilled manual art.

No, all crafts in the nautical or aeronautical sense are vehicles, but not all vehicles are crafts.

It involves creativity and skill in narrative construction rather than manual skill.

Generally, no. "Craft" usually refers to water or air vehicles, not cars.

Skills like precision, creativity, and manual dexterity are key in arts and crafts.

It can refer to something that conveys ideas or emotions, such as literature or music.

Boats on lakes and rivers, small aircraft in local airports.

It is crucial for regulatory, descriptive, and practical reasons, particularly in legal and transport contexts.

Safety in watercraft and aircraft involves stringent regulations and skilled operation.

Vehicles are essential for the efficient movement of people and goods, impacting economies and daily life.

Yes, craft can also refer to skill in performance arts, not just tangible items.

Innovations like autonomous driving, improved energy efficiency, and integration of AI are expected.