Embark vs Debark - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between embark and debark

is that embark is to engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair while debark is to devocalize (a dog).

As verbs the difference between embark and debark

is that embark is to get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane while debark is to unload goods from an aircraft or ship.

embark

English

Verb

(en verb)

To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.

*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked , which is disquieting and fussy.

To start, begin.

(label) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

(label) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.

*(Robert South) (1634–1716)

*:It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.

Antonyms

* disembark

Derived terms

* disembarcation * disembarkee

debark

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Verb

(en verb)

To unload goods from an aircraft or ship.

To disembark.

Etymology 2

Verb

(en verb)

(forestry) To remove the bark from a tree that has been felled.

Etymology 3

Verb

(en verb)

To devocalize (a dog).

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