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Esplanade vs Wharf - What's the difference?

esplanade | wharf |

As nouns the difference between esplanade and wharf

is that esplanade is a clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town while wharf is a man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.

esplanade

English

(wikipedia esplanade)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.
  • The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.
  • A grass plat; a lawn.
  • Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; especially, a terrace by the seaside.

    • Synonyms

    * (public walk) promenade

    Related terms

    * explain * plain

    References

    wharf

    English

    (wikipedia wharf)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
  • * Bancroft
    • Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea.
  • * Tennyson
    • Out upon the wharfs they came, / Knight and burgher, lord and dame.
  • The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
  • * Shakespeare
    • the fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf

    Synonyms

    * (landing place) dock; quay

    Hyponyms

    * (landing place) jetty; pier; staithe, staith (Northern England)

    Derived terms

    * wharfage * wharfie * wharf rat * wharfinger

    See also

    * dock English nouns with irregular plurals