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Wharf vs Wharfside - What's the difference?

wharf | wharfside |

As nouns the difference between wharf and wharfside

is that wharf is a man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank while wharfside is the side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.

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

    See also

    * dock English nouns with irregular plurals

    wharfside

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
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