Question

What is the difference between a boat and a barge? ​

Answer 1

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The boat is used for the transportation of people, goods, recreational cruising, or military use and propelled by outboard motor or inboard motor or by the wind.

Barge Structure: Flat-bottomed boat or self-propelled boat

It is mainly used for transporting heavy or bulky goods (and now, also people). Some barges need a boat to tow it and some barges are self-propelled.

Answer 2

is that barge is a large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo while boat is a craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard