anchorage vs wharf

anchorage

noun
  • A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge. 

  • That into which something is anchored or fastened. 

  • The set of anchors belonging to a ship. 

  • Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust. 

  • The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite. 

  • The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor. 

  • The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs. 

  • A fee charged for anchoring. 

wharf

noun
  • A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank. 

  • The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea. 

verb
  • To place on a wharf. 

  • To secure by a wharf. 

How often have the words anchorage and wharf occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )