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Pier vs Piles - What's the difference?

pier | piles |

As nouns the difference between pier and piles

is that pier is a raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty while piles is plural of lang=en.

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

    Anagrams

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    piles

    English

    Noun

    (head) plural
  • Piles were sunk into the river to support the bridge.
  • (pathology) Haemorrhoids.
  • Many women get piles when pregnant.
  • (informal, piles of) A large amount of.
  • He must earn piles of money.

    Synonyms

    * (informal: a large amount of ): heaps of, loads of, mountains of, shedloads of, tons of

    Anagrams

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