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Quay vs Piers - What's the difference?

quay | piers |

As a verb quay

is enclose, surround, encircle.

As a noun piers is

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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 ----

    piers

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .

    • Usage notes

    * Revived as a given name in the twentieth century, mainly in the U.K.

    Related terms

    * (surnames) Pearce, Pears, Pearse, Peers, Perce, Peirce, Peirse,Perris, Perriss, Perse, Persse, Pierce, Pierse * Pearson, Pierson

    See also

    * pier

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----