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Dooring vs Mooring - What's the difference?

dooring | mooring |

As nouns the difference between dooring and mooring

is that dooring is (obsolete) the frame of a door or dooring can be the event of a cyclist crashing into a newly opened car door while mooring is a place to moor a vessel.

As verbs the difference between dooring and mooring

is that dooring is while mooring is .

dooring

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) The frame of a door.
    • (Milton)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the event of a cyclist crashing into a newly opened car door

    • Related terms

    * door (verb)

    Verb

    (head)

    • mooring

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place to moor a vessel
  • The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
  • (figuratively) Something to which one adheres to, or the means that help one maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.
  • *1890 , John George Nicolay and John Hay,
  • *:The party of pro-slavery reaction was for the moment in the ascendant; and as by an irresistible impulse, the Supreme Court of the United States was swept from its hitherto impartial judicial moorings into the dangerous seas of polities.
  • *1898 , "
  • *:Friendship from its moorings strays,
  • *:Love binds fast together;
  • *:Friendship is for balmy days,
  • *:Love for stormy weather.

    • Related terms

    * dock * wharf

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