What's the difference between jetty and quay?

Jetty


Definition:

  • (a.) Made of jet, or like jet in color.
  • (n.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
  • (n.) A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
  • (n.) A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
  • (v. i.) To jut out; to project.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bahrain, meanwhile, is picking up the lion’s share of the bill for the construction of a Royal Navy base, the Mina Salman support facility, which will include warehouses, a 300-metre jetty, accommodation, sports pitch and helipad.
  • (2) North of the main jetty and beach, the coast curves out towards a rocky headland, and the further you go, the more likely you are to have it to yourself.
  • (3) Can a rail line – which according to longstanding projections needs to be a 60m-tonnes-a-year operation to be viable – or a jetty be half built?
  • (4) On this, my fourth visit, Makoko is as I’ve always known it: the tiny “jetty” from which visitors and residents board dugout canoes into the labyrinths of the floating settlement; the grey-black sludge that passes for lagoon water; the tangle of boats impatiently slithering through the labyrinth of waterways, making the traffic of Makoko reminiscent of the notorious Lagos roads.
  • (5) Commander Gavin Edward, coordinating the ship’s arrival on the jetty at Taranto, southern Italy, said: “The speed with which the Italian Red Cross, police and government officials have received these survivors has been really impressive and as a result we should be able to set sail later this afternoon.” Inside the towering grey sides of the amphibious warship, the 450 members of the ship’s company were preparing to return to its search and rescue mission.
  • (6) The ship will dock at a refurbished oil jetty; chiefly, says Safe Haven, because using a pre-existing site made things much cheaper.
  • (7) "We can head over there and then skin down that long bank south of it and around past the jetties at the mouth and anchor in a little hook inside the rocks where it'll be calm.
  • (8) 2 Continue on the road with the launch jetties and lake on your right until the tarmac road runs out.
  • (9) But this small beast, tethered to a jetty at Faslane naval base, is a deadly one: it is one quarter of Trident , Britain's nuclear deterrent.
  • (10) The place where he asked me to marry him, by the water as the sun set, was the same jetty where we had sat under the full moon and begun our relationship.
  • (11) For it to become habitable again, the islanders will need a new jetty, houses, a water purification scheme and some form of employment, either fishing or a resumption of the coconut trade.
  • (12) The money will fund infrastructure construction – including the building of sea walls and jetties – at Faslane over the next 10 years, with most of the work expected to start in 2017.
  • (13) It was empty on Tuesday afternoon save for a lone fisherman at a jetty that was ringed by parked law enforcement vehicles.
  • (14) Borrow canoes, a dinghy or stand-up paddleboards from the floating jetty, or hang out in the sauna or the gardens.
  • (15) By the jetty, friendly Café Janoca (meals from €15) will overfeed you with pleasure.
  • (16) In the case of Abbot Point, dredging will be used to expand what is essentially a simple jetty jutting out into the sea into one of the world’s largest coal ports.
  • (17) Culatra feels like the start of a love affair right from the moment we nudge alongside its long slender jetty.
  • (18) Photograph: Alamy Felix sits on the jetty, legs swaying aimlessly a few feet above the water.
  • (19) One of the best places to moor is the jetty of this taverna in the bay of San Stefano.
  • (20) Ultimately, the US response to swarming will be to use American dominance in the air and multitudes of precision-guided missiles to escalate rapidly and dramatically, wiping out every Iranian missile site, radar, military harbour and jetty on the coast.

Quay


Definition:

  • (n.) A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with quays.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is understood that ITV is looking at rationalising its network production in the north of England as part of a raft of cost-cutting measures, with executives questioning whether it needs its Leeds studios as well as its Manchester Quay Street site.
  • (2) Whether the migrants were already in the container when it arrived at the quay will help police establish where to look for the criminal gang believed to be involved in facilitating their trafficking.
  • (3) It appears likely that the company could close both its current main studios in the north of England and shift production, including that of Coronation Street, to the same site as the BBC's new northern base at Salford Quays.
  • (4) A few days later, I sat with Catrambone on the quay in Marsa, Malta as the Phoenix was loaded for its first mission of this year.
  • (5) A previously described mutation in a leucine-responsive trans-acting factor, LivR (J. J. Anderson, S. C. Quay, and D. L. Oxender, J. Bacteriol.
  • (6) This study tests predictions that adolescent psychopaths are hyperresponsive to rewards (Quay, 1988) and deficient in passive avoidance learning (Newman & Kosson, 1986).
  • (7) In addition, the licence-fee payer will have to pick up a bill of over £28m for Broadcasting House and £60m for Pacific Quay as a result of the BBC's decision to change plans mid-stream.
  • (8) The stout-candied air, high beams and heavy pews are reminiscent of church-scale pubs on Galway’s Quay Street, but the beams are hung with Arthurian standards.
  • (9) The BBC announced in 2007 that it planned to sell off the building as several thousand staff from the news, children's, sport, learning, future media and technology departments and Radio 5 Live move to new homes at the refurbished Broadcasting House in central London and Salford Quays in Greater Manchester by 2012.
  • (10) There is the quay and a scatter of moored fishing and pleasure boats to the left; way over the other side of the estuary, Borth sands appear deserted save for a few stick figures playing football.
  • (11) Item analysis was conducted on the obtained subscales, and convergent validity was determined by correlation with the Revised Behavior Problem Checklist (Quay & Peterson, 1987).
  • (12) If the BBC can go to the quays of Salford , the Guardian can return to Manchester.
  • (13) At Blakeney in north Norfolk the water breached the quay at about 5.30pm on Thursday.
  • (14) Officials took down a huge banner next to the quay that said the citizens of Dikili opposed the refugees’ arrival .
  • (15) Newcastle and Gateshead Quays: conservation Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gateshead Quays.
  • (16) A factor analytic study of the Quay-Peterson (1967) Behavior Problem Checklist among American Indians indicated cross-cultural factor similarity for conduct problems.
  • (17) If you have ever pressed your nose against the window of a Burberry or Prada boutique but felt too intimidated to go in, worried you will be turfed out Pretty Woman-style by a snooty shop assistant, places like Bicester, Portsmouth's Gunwharf Quays and Cheshire Oaks are for you.
  • (18) Fat Freddy's, Quay Street For cheap and cheerful eating try Fat Freddy's (+353 91 567 279), a chilled out pizzeria in Quay Street with friendly waiting staff.
  • (19) The Quays have a history of investment in arts and culture, and there was a high degree of flexibility throughout.
  • (20) Applicants for jobs at BBC North are now told in the application form: "By applying for any role that will move to Salford Quays, you are also declaring your intention to be based there from the point of move, should you be successful at interview."