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docking facility vs drydock

drydock vs docking facility

docking facility and drydock both are nouns.

docking facility is not a verb while drydock is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
docking facility Yes No No No
drydock Yes No Yes No
As nouns, drydock is a hyponym of docking facility; that is, drydock is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than docking facility:
  • docking facility: landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
  • drydock: a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline
Other hyponyms of docking facility include dry dock, graving dock, marina.
docking facility (noun) drydock (noun)
landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline
docking facility (verb) drydock (verb)
maneuver (a ship) into a drydock
Difference between docking facility and drydock

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