What's the difference between ashore and disembark?

Ashore


Definition:

  • (adv.) On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) With the advances in the conservative management of surgical emergencies over the last 20 years medical hazards at sea are relatively few and do not differ significantly from those experienced ashore.
  • (2) Most British shipping companies maintain comprehensive medical services both ashore and afloat which are concerned with not only treatment but also preventive medicine.
  • (3) As his plane landed, more than 160 Eritreans were coming ashore in the port, the latest of almost 8,000 arrivals on Italy's southern coasts so far this year, according to UN figures.
  • (4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A view of the museum from the air The name Arken means The Arc, as the building was originally meant to be built on the beach resembling a large ship washed ashore.
  • (5) This path was built to link the tiny fishing settlements along the edge of the loch and allow the precious cargo of "silver darlings" to be carried ashore.
  • (6) A piece of debris recently found on an Indian Ocean island where a wing fragment from Malaysia Airlines flight 370 had previously washed ashore is unlikely to be from the missing plane, Australian officials have said.
  • (7) This year the MCS is already receiving reports of tens of thousands of toothbrushes being washed ashore from Southampton to Scotland.
  • (8) Filled with wood nymphs, spirits, goblins and sprites, long before Christian missionaries waded ashore, our forests reigned supreme.
  • (9) In the novel, the count comes ashore when a Russian schooner, the Demeter, runs aground, all hands lost.
  • (10) Some 25,000 residents – 10% of his constituents – have been displaced, and nearly 2,000 killed, with gruesome reminders of the tragedy becoming ever more apparent every day: this week a second mass burial site was dug to accommodate the growing number of corpses found washed ashore or from the mounds of debris that line the city's streets and canals.
  • (11) "It would seem that the French were successful in preventing the bulk of this very large oil mass from coming ashore," the MBA researchers concluded.
  • (12) They were carried or staggered ashore, some paralysed by malnutrition, others little more than walking skeletons, burnt and dazed from weeks at sea on boats the UN has called “floating coffins”.
  • (13) About 95% will probably never come ashore and is destined for that massive swirl of floating plastic known as the north Pacific garbage patch.
  • (14) We are taken ashore and forced to run the gauntlet of rows of soldiers while military TV films us.
  • (15) "For every pirate that goes to legal finish there are three or four that end up being put back ashore.
  • (16) The introduction of strict weight control guidelines in the American Navy has drawn attention to a theory that obese sailors lose weight more readily at sea than ashore.
  • (17) In the gloom of Aitches ale house, a favourite watering hole for oilmen coming ashore after working on the North Sea rigs, the barman spoke for well-paid customers who want things to stay the way they are: " It's all no in here, mate.
  • (18) We can imagine swarms of terrorists charging ashore off the Dover ferry, but it would make more sense putting Dad’s Army back in uniform and issuing teachers with machine guns.
  • (19) But Savitz says that most of the birds and fish die from the spill out to sea and will not wash ashore, never to be seen, let alone counted.
  • (20) Duplication of the monitors has been provided in the “Salvage Room” ashore, where all the other engineers and technicians will follow the operation and be able to provide assistance if and when the need arises.

Disembark


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.
  • (v. i.) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Vehicles were stopped and their passengers made to disembark while sniffer dogs went on board.
  • (2) Disembarkation was delayed while officials erected a white tarpaulin on the boat to block the media’s view.
  • (3) At no time was any visitor at any risk, and 48 guests on the ride at the time were safely disembarked.
  • (4) Ten more dead and 900 clandestine migrants ready to disembark,” Salvini said on Wednesday.
  • (5) A waterfront pint at the Plockton Inn ( plocktoninn.co.uk ) while watching the yachties disembark is the perfect reward for the exertions of the climb.
  • (6) Disembarking beside some disused buildings, the Syrians strapped on their lifejackets and carried their smallest children on their shoulders.
  • (7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Migrants in Sicily speak of the hardships they face both at sea and after reaching Europe The Italian coastguard ship carrying the survivors arrived late on Monday night, with all the migrants on board disembarking by 1.45am local time.
  • (8) After sitting on the tarmac for an hour and a half, we disembarked.” It came a day after passengers at Gatwick airport faced chaotic scenes and long queues due to a baggage system problem.
  • (9) It is Greece's summer ritual: the arrival of the island ferry, funnels billowing, horns blaring, gangplanks screeching as wide-eyed tourists prepare to disembark.
  • (10) Disembarking with the others at Ashdod port on Monday, Zuabi, who has parliamentary immunity, was interrogated three times before being freed The remaining four Palestinian citizens of Israel aboard the aid boats were released from Ashkelon prison this morning, but remain under house arrest until next week.
  • (11) Passengers deemed to be migrants were ordered to disembark.
  • (12) Temperatures of passengers arriving at the airport were not taken as they disembarked from the plane from Sierra Leone, she said.
  • (13) "Ukrainian forces launched a 'special operation' on Tuesday against separatist militia in the Russian-speaking east, authorities said, although aside from a landing by airborne troops the action was limited," the story begins : Soldiers disembarked from two helicopters at an airfield at Kramatorsk, where reporters earlier heard gunfire that seemed to prevent an air force plane from landing.
  • (14) The 10 May report on the combat flight contest stated: “Kim Jong-un arrived at the airfield by air at 9:00 am” and later said “Kim Jong-un embarked on the plane.” The article also included several photos of Kim and his wife disembarking from the aircraft and one final photo of the plane taking off.
  • (15) Many countries are expected to refuse to allow MY Phoenix to disembark passengers.
  • (16) "Disembarking at Heathrow with a £1 note in his pocket, my father made his way up north and found a job in a Rochdale cotton mill," said Javid.
  • (17) Unarmed officers detained the men, who are now being questioned in the West Midlands, as they disembarked.
  • (18) Grandi said he would seek to step up UNHCR efforts, including at places of disembarkation for people rescued or intercepted at sea.
  • (19) A small number of mosquitoes infected with the yellow fever virus, disembarking at the same time, established an epidemic of yellow fever in the town.
  • (20) As they arrived, in a 10-seater plane, they were surrounded by colourful birds, but on disembarking, everything felt eerily quiet.