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Docking vs Berthing - What's the difference?

docking | berthing |

As verbs the difference between docking and berthing

is that docking is while berthing is .

As nouns the difference between docking and berthing

is that docking is the process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal while berthing is (obsolete|nautical) the planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.

docking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia docking) (en noun)
  • The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
  • The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables
  • (spacecraft) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
  • (colloquial, LGBT) The sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins, coupling them together by their penises.

    • berthing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, nautical) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.
  • (nautical) An instance of a ship being brought to rest at some docking facility.
  • A berth, especially figuratively, a place to sleep.

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