Harbor vs Hide - What's the difference?
harbor | hide |
A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may dock or anchor, especially for loading and unloading.
Any place of shelter.
To provide a harbor or safe place for.
*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=
, title= To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.
To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
* 1856 , (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Timothy Garton Ash)
, volume=189, issue=6, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=
, title= (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
(countable) The skin of an animal.
(obsolete, or, derogatory) The human skin.
* Shakespeare
(uncountable, informal, usually, US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
* 1957 , (Ayn Rand), Francisco d'Anconia's speech in (Atlas Shrugged):
To beat with a whip made from hide.
* 1891 , Robert Weir, J. Moray Brown, Riding
A medieval land measure equal to the amount of land that could sustain one free family; usually 100 acres. Forty hides equalled a barony.
In lang=en terms the difference between harbor and hide
is that harbor is to hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind while hide is to put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.As nouns the difference between harbor and hide
is that harbor is a sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may dock or anchor, especially for loading and unloading while hide is (countable) (mainly british) a covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them or hide can be (countable) the skin of an animal or hide can be a medieval land measure equal to the amount of land that could sustain one free family; usually 100 acres forty hides equalled a barony.As verbs the difference between harbor and hide
is that harbor is to provide a harbor or safe place for while hide is to put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight or hide can be to beat with a whip made from hide.harbor
English
Alternative forms
* harbour (Commonwealth) * herberwe (obsolete) * herborough (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- A harbor''', even if it is a little '''harbor , is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return -
- The neighborhood is a well-known harbor for petty thieves.
Derived terms
* harborage * harbormaster * harbor seal * safe harborVerb
(en verb)Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}
See also
* haven * dockReferences
* * * * * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.hide
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) hiden, huden, from (etyl) . Related to (l) and (l).Verb
- The blind man, whom he had not been able to cure with the pomade, had gone back to the hill of Bois-Guillaume, where he told the travellers of the vain attempt of the druggist, to such an extent, that Homais when he went to town hid himself behind the curtains of the "Hirondelle" to avoid meeting him.
Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
Synonyms
* (transitive) conceal, hide away, secrete * (intransitive) go undercover, hide away, hide oneself, hide out, lie lowAntonyms
* (transitive) disclose, expose, reveal, show, uncover * (intransitive) reveal oneself, show oneselfDerived terms
* hide and seek / hide-and-seek * hideaway * hideout * hide one's light under a bushel * hider * one can run but one can't hideNoun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) , 'to cover'. More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide !
- The rotter who simpers that he sees no difference between the power of money and the power of the whip, ought to learn the difference on his own hide —as I think he will.
Synonyms
* (animal skin) pelt, skin * (land measure) carucateDerived terms
* cowhide * damn your hide * have someone's hide * rawhide * tan someone's hideVerb
- He ran last week, and he was hided , and he was out on the day before yesterday, and here he is once more, and he knows he's got to run and to be hided again.
