The difference between Anchor and Support
When used as nouns, anchor means a tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement, whereas support means something which supports.
When used as verbs, anchor means to connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point, whereas support means to keep from falling.
check bellow for the other definitions of Anchor and Support
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Anchor as a noun (nautical):
A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
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Anchor as a noun (nautical):
An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).
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Anchor as a noun (nautical):
The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
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Anchor as a noun (heraldiccharge):
Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
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Anchor as a noun:
Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
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Anchor as a noun (Internet):
A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
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Anchor as a noun (television):
An anchorman or anchorwoman.
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Anchor as a noun (athletics):
The final runner in a relay race.
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Anchor as a noun (archery):
A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
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Anchor as a noun (economics):
A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
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Anchor as a noun (figurative):
That which gives stability or security.
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Anchor as a noun (architecture):
A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
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Anchor as a noun (architecture):
Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
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Anchor as a noun:
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
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Anchor as a noun:
One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
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Anchor as a noun (cartomancy):
The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
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Anchor as a noun (obsolete):
An anchorite or anchoress.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Anchor as a verb:
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
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Anchor as a verb:
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
Examples:
"Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream."
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Anchor as a verb:
To stop; to fix or rest.
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Anchor as a verb:
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
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Anchor as a verb:
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
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Anchor as a verb:
To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
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Support as a verb (transitive):
To keep from falling.
Examples:
"Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform."
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Support as a verb (transitive):
To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
Examples:
"Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?"
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Support as a verb (transitive):
To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
Examples:
"I support France in the World Cup"
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Support as a verb (transitive):
To help, particularly financially.
Examples:
"The government supports the arts in several ways."
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Support as a verb:
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
Examples:
"The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges."
"The evidence will not support the statements or allegations."
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Support as a verb (transitive):
To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
Examples:
"The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force."
"I don't make decisions: I just support those who do."
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Support as a verb (transitive):
To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
Examples:
"Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software."
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Support as a verb (transitive):
To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
Examples:
"I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization"
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Support as a verb (archaic):
To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
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Support as a verb:
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
Examples:
"to support the character of King Lear"
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Support as a noun (sometimes, attributive):
Something which supports.
Examples:
"Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform."
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Support as a noun:
Financial or other help.
Examples:
"The government provides support to the arts in several ways."
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Support as a noun:
Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
Examples:
"Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?"
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Support as a noun (mathematics):
in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
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Support as a noun (fuzzy set theory):
A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
Examples:
"If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set."
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Support as a noun:
Evidence.
Examples:
"The new research provides further support for our theory."
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Support as a noun (computing):
Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
Examples:
"This game has no mouse support."
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Support as a noun (gymnastics):
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Support as a noun (structural analysis):
Horizontal, vertical oder rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed ..