carry - take

carry - take
Carry and take are usually used to say that someone moves a person or thing from one place to another.

He picked up his suitcase and carried it into the bedroom.

My father carried us on his shoulders.

She gave me some books to take home.

It's his turn to take the children to school.

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You can also say that a ship, train, or lorry is carrying goods of a particular kind. Similarly you can say that a plane, ship, train, or bus is carrying passengers.

...tankers carrying Iranian crude oil.

...the Pakistani airliner carrying 145 passengers and crew.

...dozens of trains carrying commuters to work.

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Take can be used in a similar way, but only if you say where someone or something is being taken to. You can say, for example, `The ship was taking crude oil to Rotterdam', but you cannot just say `The ship was taking crude oil'.

He was aboard an aircraft which took cereal, drugs and cooking oil to Aweil yesterday.

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You can say that a small vehicle such as a car takes you somewhere.

The taxi took him back to Victoria.

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Note that you do not say that a small vehicle `carries' you somewhere.
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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