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Stranded vs Ashore - What's the difference?

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As a verb stranded

is past tense of strand.

As an adjective stranded

is abandoned or marooned.

As an adverb ashore is

on the land as opposed to onboard.

stranded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (strand)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (of a person) abandoned or marooned.
  • (nautical, of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
  • (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires.
  • expenses or costs which have become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
  • * With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.

    • References

    * FM 55-501 Marine Crewman’s Handbook

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    ashore

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (nautical) On the land as opposed to onboard
  • (nautical) On, or towards the shore

    • Usage notes

    * When a ship collides with the shore it is said to have run ashore''; when a ship collides with a submerged object, such as a reef or sandbar, it is said to have ''run aground .

    Derived terms

    * hangashore

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