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Wharp vs Wharf - What's the difference?

wharp | wharf |

As nouns the difference between wharp and wharf

is that wharp is a fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder while wharf is a man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.

wharp

English

Noun

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  • (UK, dated) A fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
    • (Webster 1913)

    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