The difference between Dock and Moorage

When used as nouns, dock means any of the genus rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially , and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash, whereas moorage means the act of mooring.


Dock is also verb with the meaning: to cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.

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  1. Dock as a noun:

    Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially , and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.

  2. Dock as a noun:

    A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.

  1. Dock as a noun:

    The fleshy root of an animal's tail.

  2. Dock as a noun:

    The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Grew"

  3. Dock as a noun (obsolete):

    The buttocks or anus.

  4. Dock as a noun:

    A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.

  1. Dock as a verb (transitive):

    To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.

  2. Dock as a verb (transitive):

    To reduce (wages); to deduct from.

  3. Dock as a verb (transitive):

    To cut off, bar, or destroy.

    Examples:

    "to dock an entail"

  1. Dock as a noun:

    A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.

  2. Dock as a noun:

    A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.

  3. Dock as a noun:

    The body of water between two piers.

  4. Dock as a noun:

    The place of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.

  5. Dock as a noun:

    A section of a hotel or restaurant.

    Examples:

    "coffee dock'"

  6. Dock as a noun (electronics):

    A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.

  7. Dock as a noun (computing, graphical user interface):

    A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.

  8. Dock as a noun:

    An act of docking; joining two things together.

  1. Dock as a verb (intransitive):

    To land at a harbour.

  2. Dock as a verb:

    To join two moving items.

  3. Dock as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.

  4. Dock as a verb (transitive):

    To place (an electronic device) in its dock.

    Examples:

    "I docked the laptop and allowed it to recharge for an hour."

  1. Dock as a noun:

    Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

  1. Dock as a verb (cooking):

    To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.

  1. Moorage as a noun:

    The act of mooring.

  2. Moorage as a noun:

    A place where a ship or an aircraft may be moored.

  3. Moorage as a noun:

    The fee for mooring.

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