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Embark vs Embarn - What's the difference?

embark | embarn |

As verbs the difference between embark and embarn

is that embark is to get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane while embarn is to lay up in a barn.

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

    embarn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To lay up in a barn.
  • * 1836 , John Mockett, Mockett's Journal (page 69)
    • The harvest this year was very late, but having beautiful weather for it, we accomplished it in quick time; I began to reap on the 4th Sept. and finished 109 acres of wheat, together with other grain, which was embarned in 24 days.