Riverbank vs. Shore: What's the Difference?

The bank of a river.

The land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast.

A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.

Often shores Land; country

The bank of a river

Land as opposed to water

A beam or timber propped against a structure to provide support.

To support by or as if by a prop

A past tense of shear.

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

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

A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.

(obsolete) To set on shore.

Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support.

Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure).

To threaten or warn (someone).

To offer (someone).

A sewer.

A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.

The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.

To support by a shore or shores; to prop; - usually with up; as, to shore up a building.

To set on shore.

The land along the edge of a body of water

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

Serve as a shore to;

Arrive on shore;

Support by placing against something solid or rigid;