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Anchorage vs Berth - What's the difference?

anchorage | berth |

In nautical terms the difference between anchorage and berth

is that anchorage is a fee charged for anchoring while berth is a room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.

As a proper noun Anchorage

is a large coastal city in Alaska.

As a verb berth is

to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth.

anchorage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.US FM 55-15 TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886 .
  • (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
    • (Johnson)
  • That into which something is anchored or fastened.
    • the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge
  • (medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
  • The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
  • The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
  • (figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (fee for anchoring) cranage, demurrage, shippage, shorage, tonnage, wharfage

    References

    berth

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
  • Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth .)
  • A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
  • (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
  • A job or position, especially on a ship.
  • (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
  • (sports) position on the field of play
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth
  • to assign a berth (bunk or position) to