Boardwalk vs Quay - What's the difference?
boardwalk | quay |
A path for pedestrians, typically made out of wood and running alongside a beach.
* 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
(nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".
As a noun boardwalk
is a path for pedestrians, typically made out of wood and running alongside a beach.As a verb quay is
enclose, surround, encircle.boardwalk
English
(wikipedia boardwalk)Noun
(en noun)- New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers.