Disembark vs Embark - What's the difference?
disembark | embark | Antonyms |
To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark.
* Shakespeare
To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or airplane; to debark.
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.
Embark is a antonym of disembark.
As verbs the difference between disembark and embark
is that disembark is to remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark while embark is to get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.disembark
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Verb
(en verb)- The general disembarked the troops.
- Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers.
