Harbour vs Shore - What's the difference?
harbour | shore |
(en noun) (British, Canada)
(obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.
A place of shelter or refuge.
(obsolete) A house of the zodiac.
* Late 14th century: To ech of hem his tyme and his seson, / As thyn herberwe chaungeth lowe or heighe — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin’s Tale’, Canterbury Tales
A sheltered area for ships; a piece of water adjacent to land in which ships may stop to load and unload.
(astrology) The mansion of a heavenly body.
A mixing box for materials in glass-working.
To provide shelter or refuge for.
* Bishop Burnet
* Rowe
To accept, as with a belief.
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Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
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(from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.
To provide with support.
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To reinforce (something at risk of failure).
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(shear)
(Webster 1913)
As a noun harbour
is (obsolete|uncountable) shelter, refuge.As a verb harbour
is to provide shelter or refuge for.As a proper noun shore is
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Alternative forms
* herberwe (obsolete) * herborough (obsolete) * harbor (now US)Noun
(wikipedia harbour)- The neighbourhood is a well-known harbour for petty thieves.
- The city has an excellent natural harbour .
Derived terms
* harbourage * harbourmaster * unharbouredVerb
(en verb)- The docks, which once harboured''' tall ships, now '''harbour only petty thieves.
- The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected.
- Let not your gentle breast harbour one thought of outrage.
- That scientist harbours the belief that God created humans.
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See also
* dock * havenshore
English
(wikipedia shore)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl). Cognate to (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the fruitful shore of muddy Nile
Usage notes
* Generally, only the largest of rivers, which are often estuaries, are said to have shores . * Rivers and other flowing bodies of water are said to have (term). * River bank(s)'' outnumbers ''River shore(s) about 200:3 at COCA.Hyponyms
* (land adjoining a large body of water) beach, headland, coastDerived terms
* alongshore * ashore * backshore * bayshore * foreshore * inshore * lakeshore * lee shore * longshore * nearshore * onshore * offshore * seashore * shore bug * shore cod * shore crab * shore dinner * shore fly * shore lark * shore leave * shore patrol * shore pine * shore pit viper * shore plover * shore plum * shore snipe * shore thistle * shore teetan * shorebird * (adjective) * shoreface * shorefront * shoreland * shoreless * shoreline * shoreside * shoreward * shorewards * shoreweed * weather shore * windward shoreEtymology 2
Of uncertain origin, but found in some other Germanic languages; compare Middle Dutch . http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shore?s=tNoun
(en noun)- The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.
Verb
(shor)- My family shored me up after I failed the GED.
- The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.
