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wharf vs dock

dock vs wharf

wharf and dock both are nouns.

wharf and dock both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wharf Yes No Yes No
dock Yes No Yes No
As nouns, wharf and dock are synonyms defined as:
  • wharf and dock: a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
Other synonyms of wharf include pier, wharfage.
As verbs, dock is a hypernym of wharf; that is, dock is a word with a broader meaning than wharf:
  • wharf: come into or dock at a wharf
  • dock: come into dock
wharf (noun) dock (noun)
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
a short or shortened tail of certain animals
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 platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
wharf (verb) dock (verb)
moor at a wharf maneuver into a dock
discharge at a wharf remove or shorten the tail of an animal
come into or dock at a wharf come into dock
store on a wharf deduct from someone's wages
provide with a wharf deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
Difference between wharf and dock

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