Berth vs Berthing - What's the difference?
berth | berthing |
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
In nautical|lang=en terms the difference between berth and berthing
is that berth is (nautical) a room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside while berthing is (nautical) an instance of a ship being brought to rest at some docking facility.As nouns the difference between berth and berthing
is that berth is a fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc) while berthing is (obsolete|nautical) the planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.As verbs the difference between berth and berthing
is that berth is to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth while berthing is .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.}}