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Disembark vs Unbark - What's the difference?

disembark | unbark |

As verbs the difference between disembark and unbark

is that disembark is to remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark while unbark is to cause to disembark; to land.

disembark

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark.
    • The general disembarked the troops.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers.
  • To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or airplane; to debark.

    • Antonyms

    * embark

    Derived terms

    * disembarkation

    unbark

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To cause to disembark; to land.
    • (Hakluyt)
  • To deprive of the bark.
    • to unbark a tree
    (Francis Bacon)
    (Webster 1913)