dock vs port

dock

noun
  • A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels. 

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

  • A section of a hotel or restaurant. 

  • 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. 

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

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

  • A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant. 

  • The fleshy root of an animal's tail. 

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

  • An act of docking; joining two things together. 

  • Part of a courtroom where the accused sits. 

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

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

  • The body of water between two piers. 

verb
  • To join two moving items. 

  • To move a spaceship into its dock/berth under its own power. 

  • To engage in the sexual practice of docking (where the tip of one participant's penis is inserted into the foreskin of the other participant). 

  • To cut off, bar, or destroy. 

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

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

  • To land at a harbour. 

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

  • To reduce (wages); to deduct from. 

  • To place (an electronic device) in its dock. 

port

noun
  • A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. 

  • A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application. 

  • A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal. 

  • A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting. 

  • A suitcase or schoolbag. 

  • A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 

  • A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted. 

  • The portfolio of a model or artist. 

  • An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made. 

  • The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board. 

  • A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through. 

  • A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples. 

  • An entryway or gate. 

  • A town or city containing such a place, a port city. 

  • Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making. 

  • The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder. 

  • A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side. 

  • An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole. 

adj
  • Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow. 

verb
  • To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command. 

  • To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm. 

  • To carry, bear, or transport. See porter. 

  • To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform. Porting (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 

  • To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another. 

  • To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one telephone service provider to another. 

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