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Stevedore vs Wharf - What's the difference?

stevedore | wharf |

As nouns the difference between stevedore and wharf

is that stevedore is a dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo while wharf is a man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.

As a verb stevedore

is to load or unload a ship's cargo.

stevedore

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo.
  • Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (stevedor)
  • To load or unload a ship's cargo.
  • References

    wharf

    English

    (wikipedia wharf)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
  • * Bancroft
  • Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea.
  • * Tennyson
  • Out upon the wharfs they came, / Knight and burgher, lord and dame.
  • The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
  • * Shakespeare
  • the fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf

    Synonyms

    * (landing place) dock; quay

    Hyponyms

    * (landing place) jetty; pier; staithe, staith (Northern England)

    Derived terms

    * wharfage * wharfie * wharf rat * wharfinger