Dock vs. Quay

Difference Between Dock and Quay
Docknoun
Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially common dock, and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
Quaynoun
wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
Docknoun
A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
Docknoun
The fleshy root of an animal's tail.
Docknoun
The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.
Docknoun
(obsolete) The buttocks or anus.
Docknoun
A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
Docknoun
A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
Docknoun
The body of water between two piers.
Docknoun
A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.
Docknoun
A section of a hotel or restaurant.
coffee dockDocknoun
(electronics) A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
Docknoun
A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.
Docknoun
An act of docking; joining two things together.
Docknoun
Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.
Dockverb
(transitive) To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
Dockverb
(transitive) To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
Dockverb
(transitive) To cut off, bar, or destroy.
to dock an entailDockverb
(intransitive) To land at a harbour.
Dockverb
To join two moving items.
Dockverb
To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
Docknoun
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
Docknoun
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
Docknoun
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
Docknoun
a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
Docknoun
landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out;
the ship arrived at the dock more than a day lateDocknoun
the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
Docknoun
a short or shortened tail of certain animals
Dockverb
come into dock;
the ship dockedDockverb
deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
Dockverb
deduct from someone's wages
Dockverb
remove or shorten the tail of an animal
Dockverb
haul into a dock;
dock the ships