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Slipway vs Drydock - What's the difference?

slipway | drydock |

In nautical terms the difference between slipway and drydock

is that slipway is a sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched while drydock is a dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.

As a verb drydock is

to place (a ship) in a drydock.

slipway

English

Noun

(wikipedia slipway) (en noun)
  • (nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.

    • drydock

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dry dock, dry-dock

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place (a ship) in a drydock.