Pier vs Piles - What's the difference?
pier | piles |
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.
(pathology) Haemorrhoids.
(informal, piles of) A large amount of.
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)Derived terms
* abutment pier * pier glass * pierlike * pier tableSee also
* jetty * mole * wharfAnagrams
* * ----piles
English
Noun
(head) plural- Piles were sunk into the river to support the bridge.
- Many women get piles when pregnant.
- He must earn piles of money.