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Slipway vs Pier - What's the difference?

slipway | pier |

As nouns the difference between slipway and pier

is that slipway is (nautical) a sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched while pier is (lb) (l) (raised platform built from the shore out over water).

slipway

English

Noun

(wikipedia slipway) (en noun)
  • (nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.

    • pier

    English

    (wikipedia pier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
  • A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
  • (US, nautical) A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided.
  • A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
  • (architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof.

    • Derived terms

    * abutment pier * pier glass * pierlike * pier table

    See also

    * jetty * mole * wharf

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