Dock vs. Quay

Dock vs. Quay — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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 dock

Docknoun

(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.

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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 entail

Dockverb

(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 late

Docknoun

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 docked

Dockverb

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