Difference between Harbour and Harbor

What is the difference between Harbour and Harbor?

Harbour as a noun is shelter, refuge. 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.

Harbour

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Shelter, refuge. A place of shelter or refuge. A house of the zodiac. A sheltered area for ships; a piece of water adjacent to land in which ships may stop to load and unload.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To provide shelter or refuge for.

Example sentence: My great love is my home county of Cornwall, I love to sit and watch people enjoying themselves on the beaches and in the harbour towns of Cornwall.

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: There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.

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

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