Bank vs. Shore

Bank vs. Shore — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bank and Shore

Banknoun

An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.

Shorenoun

Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.

Banknoun

A branch office of such an institution.

Shorenoun

(from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.

The seamen were serving on shore instead of in ships.The passengers signed up for shore tours.

Banknoun

An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque.

Shorenoun

A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.

The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.
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Banknoun

A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.

Shoreverb

(obsolete) To set on shore.

Banknoun

(gambling) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.

Shoreverb

To provide with support.

Banknoun

money; profit

Shoreverb

To reinforce (something at risk of failure).

My family shored me up after I failed the GED.The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.
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Banknoun

In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.

Shoreverb

To warn or threaten.

Banknoun

A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.

blood bank; sperm bank; data bank

Shoreverb

To offer.

Banknoun

A device used to store coins or currency.

If you want to buy a bicycle, you need to put the money in your piggy bank.

Shorenoun

the land along the edge of a body of water

Banknoun

(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

Shorenoun

a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

Banknoun

An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).

the banks of Newfoundland

Shoreverb

serve as a shore to;

The river was shored by trees

Banknoun

(geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

Shoreverb

arrive on shore;

The ship landed in Pearl Harbor

Banknoun

(aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.

Shoreverb

support by placing against something solid or rigid;

shore and buttress an old building

Banknoun

(rail transport) An incline, a hill.

Banknoun

A mass noun for a quantity of clouds.

The bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front.

Banknoun

(mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working.

Banknoun

(mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.

Banknoun

(mining) The ground at the top of a shaft.

Ores are brought to bank.

Banknoun

A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

a bank of switchesa bank of pay phones

Banknoun

A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.

Banknoun

A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.

Banknoun

A bench or seat for judges in court.

Banknoun

The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc.

Banknoun

A kind of table used by printers.

Banknoun

(music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.

Banknoun

(uncountable) slang for money

Bankverb

(intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.

He banked with Barclays.

Bankverb

(transitive) To put into a bank.

I'm going to bank the money.

Bankverb

To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.

Johnny banked some coke for me.

Bankverb

To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.

Bankverb

(transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.

Bankverb

(transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.

to bank sand

Bankverb

(transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.

Bankverb

(transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

Bankverb

To pass by the banks of.

Bankverb

To arrange or order in a row.

Banknoun

a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities;

he cashed a check at the bankthat bank holds the mortgage on my home

Banknoun

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water);

they pulled the canoe up on the bankhe sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents

Banknoun

a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

Banknoun

a building in which commercial banking is transacted;

the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon

Banknoun

an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers;

he operated a bank of switches

Banknoun

a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home;

the coin bank was empty

Banknoun

a long ridge or pile;

a huge bank of earth

Banknoun

the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games;

he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo

Banknoun

a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

Banknoun

a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning);

the plane went into a steep bank

Bankverb

tip laterally;

the pilot had to bank the aircraft

Bankverb

enclose with a bank;

bank roads

Bankverb

do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank;

Where do you bank in this town?

Bankverb

act as the banker in a game or in gambling

Bankverb

be in the banking business

Bankverb

put into a bank account;

She deposites her paycheck every month

Bankverb

cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning;

bank a fire

Bankverb

have confidence or faith in;

We can trust in GodRely on your friendsbank on your good educationI swear by my grandmother's recipes