Wharf vs. Landing

Wharf and Landing Definitions
Wharf
A pier where ships or boats are tied up and loaded or unloaded.
Landing
The act or process of coming to land or rest, especially after a voyage or flight.
Wharf
(Obsolete) A shore or riverbank.
Landing
A termination, especially of a voyage or flight.
Wharf
To moor (a vessel) at a wharf.
Landing
A site for loading and unloading passengers and cargo.
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Wharf
To take to or store (cargo) on a wharf.
Landing
Landings An amount of fish or shellfish harvested in a particular place during a particular period.
Wharf
To furnish, equip, or protect with wharves or a wharf.
Landing
An intermediate platform on a flight of stairs.
Wharf
To berth at a wharf.
Landing
The area at the top or bottom of a staircase.
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Wharf
A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
Landing
An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
Wharf
The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
Landing
A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
Fleet landing
Wharf
(transitive) To secure by a wharf.
Landing
A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
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Wharf
(transitive) To place on a wharf.
Landing
Present participle of land
Wharf
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.
Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea.
Out upon the wharfs they came,Knight and burgher, lord and dame.
Landing
Of, pertaining to, or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.
Wharf
The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
Landing
A going or bringing on shore.
Wharf
To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.
Landing
A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
Wharf
To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
Landing
The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
Wharf
A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
Landing
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.
Wharf
Provide with a wharf;
Wharf the mouth of the river
Landing
An intermediate platform in a staircase
Wharf
Store on a wharf;
Wharf the merchandise
Landing
Structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods
Wharf
Discharge at a wharf;
Wharf the passengers
Landing
The act of coming down to the earth (or other surface);
The plane made a smooth landing
His landing on his feet was catlike
Wharf
Come into or dock at a wharf;
The big ship wharfed in the evening
Landing
The act of coming to land after a voyage
Wharf
Moor at a wharf;
The ship was wharfed