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Berth vs Bertha - What's the difference?

berth | bertha |

As nouns the difference between berth and bertha

is that berth is a fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc) while bertha is a lace collar that covers the shoulders of a dress.

As a verb berth

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

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
    • , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian 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.}}

    Verb

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

    • bertha

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1858 , The Courtship of Miles Standish :
    • You are the beautiful Bertha , the spinner, the queen of Helvetia; / She whose story I read at a stall in the streets of Southampton
  • * 1921 , Rilla of Ingleside , Echo Library (2006), ISBN 1406821772, page 12:
    • Why couldn't they have called her by her first name, Bertha , which was beautiful and dignified, instead of that silly "Rilla"?
  • * 1983 , Bluebeard's Egg , McCleland-Bantam, ISBN 0770421342, page 135:
    • "No wonder she never gets anywhere with a name like Bertha'," Sally said, while having coffee afterwards with two of the other night-coursers. "It goes with her outfits, though." ( ' Bertha sports the macrame look, with health-food sandals and hand-weave skirts that don't do a thing for her square figure, [...])

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