Launch vs. Inauguration — What's the Difference?

Set (a boat) in motion by pushing it or allowing it to roll into the water

In government and politics, inauguration is the process of swearing a person into office and thus making that person the incumbent. Such an inauguration commonly occurs through a formal ceremony or special event, which may also include an inaugural address by the new official.

Start or set in motion (an activity or enterprise)

The beginning or introduction of a system, policy, or period

An act or instance of launching something

Formal induction into office.

A large motorboat, used especially for short trips

A formal beginning or introduction.

To throw or propel with force; hurl

The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.

To set or thrust (a self-propelled craft or projectile) in motion

The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, enterprise, event etc.

(Nautical) To put (a boat) into the water in readiness for use.

The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.

To set going; initiate

The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, course of action, etc.; as, the inauguration of a new system, a new condition, etc.

To introduce to the public or to a market

The act of starting a new operation or practice;

To give (someone) a start, as in a career or vocation.

The ceremonial induction into a position;

To begin a new venture or phase; embark

To enter enthusiastically into something; plunge

The act of launching.

A large ship's boat.

A large, open motorboat.

(transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.

To pierce with, or as with, a lance.

(transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.

(transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.

(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation

To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.

(transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale

(intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.

To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.

To start to operate.

The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)

The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).

An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.

(nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".

(nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.

(nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.

To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.

To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.

To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.

To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise.

To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; - often with out.

The act of launching.

The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.

The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.

A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck

The act of propelling with force

Set up or found;

Propel with force;

Launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage;

Begin with vigor;

Get going; give impetus to;

Smoothen the surface of;