Difference between Docks and Wharf

DOCKS vs WHARF: NOUN

Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
A short or shortened tail of certain animals
A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
A platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
An enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
The solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
Plural form of dock.
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

A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs.
A kind of boat moored at the bank of a river, and used for a wharf, in places where the height of the water is so variable that a fixed wharf would be useless.
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.
A pier where ships or boats are tied up and loaded or unloaded.
A shore or riverbank.
The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
A platform of timber, stone, or other material built on a support at the margin of a harbor or a navigable stream, in order that vessels may be moored alongside, as for loading or unloading, or while at rest.

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

Bilges, Ports, Dockyards, Quays, Waterfront, Wharves, Piers, Sour grass, Docking facility, Sorrel, Bob, Tail, Bobtail, Dockage, Wharf

Deck, Shore, Docking, Terminal, Wharfage, Port, Ferry, Dockside, Waterfront, Piers, Docks, Quay, Pier, Jetty, Dock

Marina, Pier, Watersheds, Platforms, Pavements, Spaces, Ponds, Dockyards, Waterfront, Piers, Sorrel, Bob, Tail, Bobtail, Wharf

Deck, Shore, Docking, Terminal, Wharfage, Port, Ferry, Dockside, Waterfront, Piers, Docks, Quay, Pier, Jetty, Dock

Considered the most practical compared to other kinds of docks, floating docks do not require a lot of requirements for installation.
Eliminating private docks on small creeks in exchange for permitting of community docks on larger waterbodies minimizes environmental impacts.
Dry Docks Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance and repair of watercraft.
DOCKS: All loose items will be removed from the docks by the maintenance staff.
Examples of moorings that are structures include docks, jet ski driveon docks, bulkheads, boat lifts, pilings, and buoys.
EZ Dock has a variety of gangways for docks to help you reach your floating docks easier.
Pipe docks and lift docks are not normally anchored to the lake bottom.
Our swim docks and boat docks are all stocked with UV protective lotion.
To purchase camera docks, printer docks, and other accessories, visit www.
Courtesy docks and fishing docks in the water year round.

Provided anonymously by current and former Long Wharf Theatre, Wilma Theatre over Wharf!
Velia Wharf will now be pointed in a direction easier to sail away from the wharf by default.
Share Wellness at the Wharf, Sparkman Wharf and Bella Prana Yoga with your friends.
China: Foreign Skies Wharf Angel Wharf Scene and Natives Swimming at St.
Sufferance Wharf A wharf licensed and attended by Customs authorities.
Largest Distributor of Wharf Bolts and Wharf Hardware.
Fort Johnson wharf, and delivering at wharf in Charleston.
Wharf or Princess Wharf where the Cruise ships dock.
Wharf Manager and Robert the Guild Wharf Manager moved to the brand new wharf.
Wynyard Wharf The present Wynyard Wharf is outdated to be a modern wharf.