Wharf vs. Landing: What's the Difference?

A pier where ships or boats are tied up and loaded or unloaded.

The act or process of coming to land or rest, especially after a voyage or flight.

(Obsolete) A shore or riverbank.

A termination, especially of a voyage or flight.

To moor (a vessel) at a wharf.

A site for loading and unloading passengers and cargo.

To take to or store (cargo) on a wharf.

Landings An amount of fish or shellfish harvested in a particular place during a particular period.

To furnish, equip, or protect with wharves or a wharf.

An intermediate platform on a flight of stairs.

To berth at a wharf.

The area at the top or bottom of a staircase.

A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.

An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.

The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.

A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.

(transitive) To secure by a wharf.

A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

(transitive) To place on a wharf.

Present participle of land

A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.

Of, pertaining to, or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.

The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.

A going or bringing on shore.

To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.

A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.

To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.

The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

The act or process of bringing an aircraft to land after having been in the air; as, the pilot made a perfect three-point landing. Contrasted with take-off.

Provide with a wharf;

An intermediate platform in a staircase

Store on a wharf;

Structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods

Discharge at a wharf;

The act of coming down to the earth (or other surface);

Come into or dock at a wharf;

The act of coming to land after a voyage

Moor at a wharf;