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Inlet vs Harbour - What's the difference?

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Inlet is a synonym of harbour.


In lang=en terms the difference between inlet and harbour

is that inlet is to insert; inlay while harbour is to accept, as with a belief.

As verbs the difference between inlet and harbour

is that inlet is to let in; admit while harbour is to provide shelter or refuge for.

As nouns the difference between inlet and harbour

is that inlet is a body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary while harbour is (obsolete|uncountable) shelter, refuge.

inlet

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) inleten, equivalent to .

Verb

  • To let in; admit.
  • To insert; inlay.
  • :* {{quote-web
    • , date=2012-12-17 , year= , first= , last= , author= , authorlink= , title=Archeologists Unearth Alien-Like Skulls In A Mexico Cemetery , site=RedOrbit citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2013-03-13 , passage=The team said that many of the bones unearthed were the remains of children, leading them to believe the practice of deforming skulls “may have been inlet and dangerous.” }}

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia inlet) (en noun)
  • A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
  • A passage that leads into a cavity.
  • * 1748 . HUME, David. An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 15.
    • by opening this new inlet''' for sensations, you also open an '''inlet for the ideas;

    Anagrams

    * * *

    harbour

    English

    Alternative forms

    * herberwe (obsolete) * herborough (obsolete) * harbor (now US)

    Noun

    (wikipedia harbour)
  • (en noun) (British, Canada)
  • (obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.
  • A place of shelter or refuge.
    • The neighbourhood is a well-known harbour for petty thieves.
  • (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.
    • The city has an excellent natural harbour .
  • (astrology) The mansion of a heavenly body.
  • A mixing box for materials in glass-working.

    • Derived terms

    * harbourage * harbourmaster * unharboured

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide shelter or refuge for.
    • The docks, which once harboured''' tall ships, now '''harbour only petty thieves.
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected.
  • * Rowe
    • Let not your gentle breast harbour one thought of outrage.
  • To accept, as with a belief.
    • That scientist harbours the belief that God created humans.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post.}}

    See also

    * dock * haven