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

  1. Buttress as a noun (architecture):

    A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

  2. Buttress as a noun:

    Anything that serves to support something; a prop.

  3. Buttress as a noun (botany):

    A buttress-root.

  4. 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.]]"

  5. Buttress as a noun (figurative):

    Anything that supports or strengthens.

  1. Buttress as a verb:

    To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.

  2. Buttress as a verb:

    To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.

  1. 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'"

  2. 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."

  1. Shore as a verb (obsolete):

    To set on shore.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  1. Shore as a noun:

    A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.

    Examples:

    "The shores stayed upright during the earthquake."

  1. Shore as a verb (transitive, without ''up''):

    To provide with support.

  2. 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."

  1. Shore as a verb:

  1. Shore as a noun:

    (Obsolete except in Hiberno-English) A sewer.

  1. Shore as a verb (Scotland, archaic):

    To warn or threaten.

  2. Shore as a verb (Scotland, archaic):

    To offer.