Reaching vs Beaching - What's the difference?
reaching | beaching |
(nautical) Sailing on a reach, i.e. having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled.
An event in which a marine animal beaches itself
* {{quote-journal, 2001, date=January 26, David Malakoff, ECOLOGY: A Roaring Debate Over Ocean Noise, Science
, passage=Before the beachings , he notes, his team had spotted about 50 of the unusual Cuvier's beaked whales in the study area. }}
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 16, author=Ray Rivera, title=2nd Shark Washes Up on Rockaway Beach and Is Pushed Back, work=New York Times
, passage=The beachings , coming so close together, are considered extremely rare, in part because threshers mainly rove deep waters. }}
As verbs the difference between reaching and beaching
is that reaching is while beaching is .As nouns the difference between reaching and beaching
is that reaching is (nautical) sailing on a reach, ie having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled while beaching is an event in which a marine animal beaches itself.reaching
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