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Embark vs Embarkment - What's the difference?

embark | embarkment |

As a verb embark

is to get on a boat or ship or (outside the usa) an aeroplane.

As a noun embarkment is

embarkation; the act of setting out.

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

    embarkment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • embarkation; the act of setting out
  • (Middleton)
    (Webster 1913)