Difference between Bay and Harbor

What is the difference between Bay and Harbor?

Bay as a noun is a berry. while Harbor as a noun is a sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may dock or anchor, especially for loading and unloading.

Bay

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A berry. A shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries. The leaf of this shrub, used as a herb. A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land. An opening in a wall, especially between two columns. An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides. The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof. Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships. A bay platform. shortened form of bay window. The excited barking of dogs when hunting or being attacked. The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey. A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To bark. To bark at. To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

Example sentence: There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.

Harbor

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may dock or anchor, especially for loading and unloading.Any place of shelter.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To provide a harbor or safe place for.To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.

Example sentence: When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven. It was clear that a great American fleet had been concentrated in Pearl Harbor, and we supposed that the state of alert would be very high.

We hope you now know whether to use Bay or Harbor in your sentence.

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