Embark vs Boarding - What's the difference?
embark | boarding |
To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked , which is disquieting and fussy.
To start, begin.
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(label) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
(label) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
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*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
*:It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.
the act of people getting aboard a ship or aircraft; embarkation
* 2000 , Peter Gregory Furth, Data Analysis for Bus Planning and Monitoring (page 24)
the act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship
a structure made of boards
riding a skateboard
(ice hockey) a penalty called for pushing into the boards
As verbs the difference between embark and boarding
is that embark is to get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane while boarding is present participle of lang=en.As a noun boarding is
the act of people getting aboard a ship or aircraft; embarkation.embark
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* disembarkDerived terms
* disembarcation * disembarkeeboarding
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(en noun)- Load profiles are a standard analysis tool showing passenger activity (boardings , alightings) and passenger load at each stop along a route in a single direction.