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van, truck and wagon would you please help tell me the difference between van, truck and wagon?
Mar 2, 2012 8:59 AM
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Van: a covered vehicle (a box with wheels!) of any size. The Royal Mail uses vans to deliver Post. Truck: a small vehicle with an open back; sides but no top. Builders use trucks for carrying equipment and materials. Wagon: a large vehicle used for transporting loads long distance. All these definitions are British; I think American definitions are different. We have a word 'lorry,' which is a medium to large vehicle used for carrying heavy loads or large volumes.
March 2, 2012
thanks all for your help!
March 2, 2012
a truck is a bigger and much heavier version of a van primarily used for transport of cargo, while a wagon is a 4 wheeled vehicle usually pulled by animals like horses or oxen ....but "wagon" can also be used to refer to a light transport vehicle .. hope that helps ...
March 2, 2012
They are the types of vehicles, it's better to search for photographs of them, me speaking about them wouldn't help much. A van is something that people hire to move their things from their old house to their new house (usually a white van - a "transit van") - a truck can be different things, "dumper truck" or to "keep on trucking!!" is to keep driving a large "heavy goods vehicle" (HGV) - and a wagon is like a truck, or it could actually be the same vehicle with a different name - I have a feeling (and sorry because feelings don't help much) - but a wagon might be the name for a large truck. Google some pictures :)
March 2, 2012
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