Berth vs Barth - What's the difference?
berth | barth |
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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As nouns the difference between berth and barth
is that berth is a fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc) while barth is (uk|dialect) a place of shelter for cattle.As a verb berth
is to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth.berth
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* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Olivier Giroud then entered the fray and Walcott reverted to his more familiar berth on the right wing, quickly creating his side's fifth goal by crossing for Giroud to send a plunging header into the net from close range.}}