What's the difference between bunder and surfboat?
Bunder
Definition:
(n.) A boat or raft used in the East Indies in the landing of passengers and goods.
Example Sentences:
(1) The piers are busy, from Coal Bunder, where more than a million tonnes of coal for regional power plants are unloaded annually; to Lakdi Bunder, with its timber market; to Darukhana, where workers cut up ships in less-than-ideal safety conditions for £3 a day.
(2) So what happens to that work?” That question echoes on the old bunders, or piers, near Mazgaon Dock.
(3) Keti Bunder, a grotty little port that has been slowly dying over the years, could be revived.
Surfboat
Definition:
(n.) A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach.