Vehicle vs. Automobile — What's the Difference?

A vehicle is any conveyance used for transportation.

Automobiles are primarily designed for passenger travel.

Vehicle encompasses all land, sea, and air transportation.

The design of an automobile is geared towards on-road use.

Vehicles can be manual, like bicycles, or motorized, like buses.

An automobile is a car, a road vehicle with an engine for personal transportation.

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.

Automobiles typically have four wheels.

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

An automobile is usually powered by an internal combustion engine.

A thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something

A self-propelled passenger vehicle that usually has four wheels and an internal-combustion engine, used for land transport. Also called motorcar.

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

Of or relating to automobiles; automotive.

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

A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.

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

To travel by automobile.

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

Self-moving; self-propelled.

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

A self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers, suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially, possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.

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).

To travel in an automobile.

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

4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

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

Travel in an automobile

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

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

A medium for expression of talent or views.

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

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

An entity to achieve an end.

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

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

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.

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

A substance in which medicine is taken.

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

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

A conveyance that transports people or objects

A medium for the expression or achievement of something;

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

A vehicle can carry passengers or cargo.

Some vehicles are used for specialized functions, like farming or construction.

Yes, a vehicle can be anything that transports people or goods, even without an engine, like a bicycle.

No, motorcycles are considered motor vehicles but not automobiles.

There are land, air, and water vehicles, each designed for its environment.

No, automobiles can run on gasoline, diesel, electricity, or hybrid power sources.

Yes, electric scooters are considered vehicles.

Yes, vehicles can be self-propelled, like cars, or pulled by other forces, like rickshaws.

In common usage, no; "automobile" typically refers to full-size road vehicles, not toys.

No, some vehicles like sailboats or gliders are not motorized.

Yes, every automobile is a type of vehicle.

Yes, airplanes are vehicles designed for air transport.

Yes, self-driving cars are a type of automobile equipped with autonomous technology.

Yes, an electric car is a type of automobile that uses an electric motor.

The main purpose of an automobile is to provide personal transportation on roads.

No, tractors are vehicles but not automobiles; they are designed for agricultural use.

Yes, there are many types of vehicles, like boats and planes, that don't require roads.