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Shoreside vs Riverside - What's the difference?

shoreside | riverside |

As an adjective shoreside

is located on or near a shore.

As a proper noun riverside is

a place name applied to a locality, especially a city, that is situated beside a river.

shoreside

English

Adjective

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  • Located on or near a shore
  • *{{quote-book, year=1888, author=Robert Louis Stevenson, title=The Black Arrow, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The seamen, in view of the cold and the wind, had for the most part slunk ashore, and were now roaring and singing in the shoreside taverns. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=Charles H. Sylvester, title=Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=On shore I could see the glow of the great campfire burning warmly through the shoreside trees. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 29, author=Haim Watzman, title=Israel’s Incredible Shrinking Sea, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=What were once shoreside amenities now stand forlornly in the middle of the desert, a 300-yard hike from the beach. }}

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    riverside

    English

    Noun

  • A bank or side of a river.
  • * Gonna lay down my burden; Down by the riverside ...

    • Adjective

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  • At or near the side of a river.