As nouns the difference between dockside and embankment
is that dockside is the area near a dock, or next to a docked ship while embankment is a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a road.
dockside
English
Noun
(
en noun)
The area near a dock, or next to a docked ship.
embankment
English
Noun
(
en noun)
a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a road
Related terms
* Victoria Embankment