Tew vs. Tow — What's the Difference?

To draw or pull behind by a chain or line

The act or an instance of towing

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

Something, such as a barge or car, that is towed.

A rope or cable used in towing.

Coarse broken flax or hemp fiber.

A continuous untwisted bundle of manufactured fibers.

(transitive) To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.

To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.

The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

Something, such as a barge, that is towed.

A rope or cable used in towing.

(motor racing) A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.

An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.

(specifically) The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).

The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

The act of towing, or the state of being towed; - chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.

That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.

To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.

The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope;

Drag behind;