Buoy vs Beacon - What's the difference?
buoy | beacon |
(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
A life-buoy.
To keep afloat or aloft; used with up .
To support or maintain at a high level.
* Burke
To mark with a buoy.
* Darwin
To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence
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A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
* Gay
(nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
:* A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger; also a signal mark on land. (FM 55-501).
A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
That which gives notice of danger.
* Shakespeare
To act as a beacon.
To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
In nautical terms the difference between buoy and beacon
is that buoy is a float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel while beacon is a signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.buoy
English
Noun
(wikipedia buoy) (en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title.
- to buoy''' an anchor; to '''buoy''' or '''buoy off a channel
- Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed.
- It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.
- Buoyed by the huge success, they announced two other projects.
Derived terms
* buoy upDerived terms
* buoy up * can buoy * conical buoy * bell buoy * ring buoy * life buoy * breeches buoybeacon
English
(wikipedia beacon)Noun
(en noun)- No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar.
- Modest doubt is called / The beacon of the wise.
Derived terms
* aerobeacon * day beacon * radio beacon * web beaconSee also
* cairn * leading mark * navigation aid * navigation mark * radar reflector * sea mark, seamarkVerb
(en verb)- That beacons the darkness of heaven. — Campbell.