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.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dock and Moorage
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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.
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Dock as a noun:
A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
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Dock as a noun:
The fleshy root of an animal's tail.
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Dock as a noun:
The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.
Examples:
"rfquotek Grew"
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Dock as a noun (obsolete):
The buttocks or anus.
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Dock as a noun:
A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
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Dock as a verb (transitive):
To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
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Dock as a verb (transitive):
To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
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Dock as a verb (transitive):
To cut off, bar, or destroy.
Examples:
"to dock an entail"
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Dock as a noun:
A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
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Dock as a noun:
A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.
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Dock as a noun:
The body of water between two piers.
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Dock as a noun:
The place of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
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Dock as a noun:
A section of a hotel or restaurant.
Examples:
"coffee dock'"
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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.
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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.
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Dock as a noun:
An act of docking; joining two things together.
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Dock as a verb (intransitive):
To land at a harbour.
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Dock as a verb:
To join two moving items.
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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.
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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."
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Dock as a noun:
Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.
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Dock as a verb (cooking):
To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.
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Moorage as a noun:
The act of mooring.
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Moorage as a noun:
A place where a ship or an aircraft may be moored.
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Moorage as a noun:
The fee for mooring.