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Landing vs Quay - What's the difference?

landing | quay |

As verbs the difference between landing and quay

is that landing is while quay is enclose, surround, encircle.

As a noun landing

is corridor.

landing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • corridor
  • coming to earth, as of an airplane or any descending object
  • a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
  • Derived terms

    * fleet landing * landing corridor

    Verb

    (head)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    quay

    English

    (wikipedia quay)

    Alternative Forms

    *cay

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
  • Derived terms

    * quayside

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".
  • See also

    * dock; pier; float; cay; harbour, harbor; mole; riprap; wharf ----