Barrack vs Shore - What's the difference?
barrack | shore |
(military, chiefly, in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings .
* 1829 , , The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , Volume 4,
* 1919 , , Army Reorganization: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, 66th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 8287, H.R. 8068, H.R. 7925, H.R. 8870, Sept. 3, 1919-Nov. 12, 1919 , Parts 23-43,
* 1996 , ,
(chiefly, in the plural) primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes
(chiefly, in the plural) any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building
(US, regional) A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
(Ireland, colloquial, usually, in the plural) A police station.
To house military personnel; to quarter.
* 1825 , , The Republican , Volume 11,
To live in barracks.
(British) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
* 1934 , , Herbert Chapman on Football ,
* 2006 , Ramsay Burt, Judson Dance Theater: Performative traces ,
* 2009 , , The Heart of the Game ,
(Australia, New Zealand, intransitive) To cheer for a team; to jeer at the opposition team or at the umpire (after an adverse decision).
* 1988 , J. A. Mangan (editor), Pleasure, Profit, Proselytism: British Culture and Sport at Home and Abroad 1700-1914 ,
* 2009 , Roger Averill, Boy He Cry: An Island Odyssey ,
* 2010 , John Cash, Joy Damousi, Footy Passions ,
Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
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(from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.
To provide with support.
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To reinforce (something at risk of failure).
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(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between barrack and shore
is that barrack is a building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings while shore is land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.As verbs the difference between barrack and shore
is that barrack is to house military personnel; to quarter while shore is to set on shore.As proper nouns the difference between barrack and shore
is that barrack is a given name while Shore is {{surname|topographic|from=Middle English}.barrack
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) baraque; from (etyl) barraca.Noun
(en noun)page 67,
- Before the gates of Bari, he lodged in a miserable hut or barrack , composed of dry branches, and thatched with straw; a perilous station, on all sides open to the inclemency of the winter and the spears of the enemy.
page 1956,
- How do you distinguish between the disciplinary barracks' and the penitentiary? Where are the disciplinary ' barracks ?
page 129,
- I know the barracks at the training camp out on the moors.
Verb
(en verb)page 276,
- Where the men were barracked' alone, unnatural crime prevailed : where the women were ' barracked , contrivances were made to render such a place a brothel.
Etymology 2
Verb
(en verb)page 140,
- I knew that he had been barracked at times, but I did not realise that he was so sensitive.
page 192,
- Some people stopped concentrating on the piece altogether, some started barracking and heckling, while others began chatting to one another.
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- Its basic tenet was to say that if those Arsenal supporters who barracked' the board at home games could do any better, let them come forward, put some money in the club, and have a go at being directors themselves. In short, ‘Put up or shut up’, which, of course, only encouraged Johnny and One-armed Lou to heckle the Arsenal board even more. Dear old Dennis, he had no idea the ' barracking he and his fellow Arsenal directors suffered at every home game came from Spurs supporters.
page 266,
- The only really unique aspect of Australian barracking is its idiom, the distinctive language and humour involved.
page 115,
- I had by then explained to him my custom of occasionally listening to Australian Rules Football on our shortwave radio of a Saturday afternoon; how, despite my barracking for Essendon, I thought a player from Geelong, Gary Ablett, the best I had ever seen.
page 75,
- ‘So to me barracking' for the footy I identified with my father, although nobody ' barracked for Essendon.’
Synonyms
* (jeer and heckle) badger, jeer, tease, make fun of * (cheer) cheer, root for (US)shore
English
(wikipedia shore)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl). Cognate to (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the fruitful shore of muddy Nile
Usage notes
* Generally, only the largest of rivers, which are often estuaries, are said to have shores . * Rivers and other flowing bodies of water are said to have (term). * River bank(s)'' outnumbers ''River shore(s) about 200:3 at COCA.Hyponyms
* (land adjoining a large body of water) beach, headland, coastDerived terms
* alongshore * ashore * backshore * bayshore * foreshore * inshore * lakeshore * lee shore * longshore * nearshore * onshore * offshore * seashore * shore bug * shore cod * shore crab * shore dinner * shore fly * shore lark * shore leave * shore patrol * shore pine * shore pit viper * shore plover * shore plum * shore snipe * shore thistle * shore teetan * shorebird * (adjective) * shoreface * shorefront * shoreland * shoreless * shoreline * shoreside * shoreward * shorewards * shoreweed * weather shore * windward shoreEtymology 2
Of uncertain origin, but found in some other Germanic languages; compare Middle Dutch . http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shore?s=tNoun
(en noun)- The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.
Verb
(shor)- My family shored me up after I failed the GED.
- The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.
