The difference between Buttress and Shore
When used as nouns, buttress means a brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it, whereas shore means land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
When used as verbs, buttress means to support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress, whereas shore means to set on shore.
check bellow for the other definitions of Buttress and Shore
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Buttress as a noun (architecture):
A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
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Buttress as a noun:
Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
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Buttress as a noun (botany):
A buttress-root.
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Buttress as a noun (climbing):
A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.
Examples:
"[[w:Crowell Buttresses Crowell Buttresses]], [[w:Dismal Buttress Dismal Buttress]], [[w:Hourglass Buttress Hourglass Buttress]], [[w:Kardam Buttress Kardam Buttress]], [[w:Seven Buttresses Seven Buttresses]] . The direct route is highlighted.]]"
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Buttress as a noun (figurative):
Anything that supports or strengthens.
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Buttress as a verb:
To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
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Buttress as a verb:
To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.
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Shore as a noun:
Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
Examples:
"lake shore; bay shore; gulf shore; island shore; mainland shore; river shore; estuary shore; pond shore; sandy shore; rocky shore'"
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Shore as a noun (from the perspective of one on a body of water):
Land, usually near a port.
Examples:
"The [[seamen]] were serving on shore instead of in ships."
"The passengers signed up for shore tours."
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Shore as a verb (obsolete):
To set on shore.
Examples:
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Shore as a noun:
A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.
Examples:
"The shores stayed upright during the earthquake."
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Shore as a verb (transitive, without ''up''):
To provide with support.
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Shore as a verb (usually, with ''up''):
To reinforce (something at risk of failure).
Examples:
"My family shored me up after I failed the [[GED]]."
"The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water."
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Shore as a verb:
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Shore as a noun:
(Obsolete except in Hiberno-English) A sewer.
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Shore as a verb (Scotland, archaic):
To warn or threaten.
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Shore as a verb (Scotland, archaic):
To offer.