Mooring vs Buoy - What's the difference?
mooring | buoy |
A place to moor a vessel
The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
(figuratively) Something to which one adheres to, or the means that help one maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.
*1890 , John George Nicolay and John Hay,
*:The party of pro-slavery reaction was for the moment in the ascendant; and as by an irresistible impulse, the Supreme Court of the United States was swept from its hitherto impartial judicial moorings into the dangerous seas of polities.
*1898 , "
*:Friendship from its moorings strays,
*:Love binds fast together;
*:Friendship is for balmy days,
*:Love for stormy weather.
(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
A life-buoy.
To keep afloat or aloft; used with up .
To support or maintain at a high level.
* Burke
To mark with a buoy.
* Darwin
To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban'' (in ''The Guardian , 6 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/06/england-moldova-world-cup-qualifier-matchreport]
As verbs the difference between mooring and buoy
is that mooring is while buoy is to keep afloat or aloft; used with up .As nouns the difference between mooring and buoy
is that mooring is a place to moor a vessel while buoy is (nautical) a float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.mooring
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(wikipedia buoy) (en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title.
- to buoy''' an anchor; to '''buoy''' or '''buoy off a channel
- Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed.
- It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.
- Buoyed by the huge success, they announced two other projects.
