Pier or Warf

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Hello,Can I use these two words as the same meaning?Pier  and Warf Are they different?How about Port and Harbor? How can I use them differently?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

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'Pier' and 'wharf' are essentially the same thing. A 'port' is usually the town or facilities, while a 'harbor' is the protected body of water.
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Armsys · Answer

Hi Mister Micawber,
What's the difference between "water", "sea" and "seas," if any?
Armstrong

Mister Micawber · Answer

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I have water in my tap.
Salt water is what the seas are composed of.
One sea, two seas.
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Armsys · Answer

EDIT: Icons were inserted automatically when posting the above reply. Not sure why.

Hi Mister Micawber,
Thanks for your excessively intriguing answer.
Questions:
1. Is sea countable?
2. Please kindly shed light to the meanings of the following sentences:
[a ] the pirate-infested waters off the coast of Africa last week captivated the nation...

...navigate the choppy waters of the online piracy debate.
[c ] As the Defense Department weighs options to prevent a repeat of the drama that unfolded on the seas...
[d ]High winds and heavy seas capsized a boat filled with African migrants heading for Europe off the coast of Libya Monday...
[e ]Russian military aircraft flew just 500 feet over two U.S. Navy ships this week as the ships participated in a joint military exercise with South Korea in the Sea of Japan,...
3. Why don't 2 and 2 use seas instead of sea?
4. Why don't 2 and 2 use sea instead of seas?
Thanks again for your generous help.
Armstrong

Armsys · Answer

How to surpress the automatic insertion of the icons? Already occurred twice above.

Armstrong

Armsys · Answer

Edit
It should read:
3. Why don't 2[c ] and 2[d ] use seas instead of sea?
4. Why doesn't 2[e ] use sea instead of seas?

Armtrong

Mister Micawber · Answer

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Regarding the icons: You must put a space in your brackets like this ( [d ] ), because without a space, many bracketed letters are codes for emoticons.

Questions:
1. Is sea countable?-- Yes

2.[a ] the pirate-infested waters off the coast of Africa last week captivated the nation...-- 'waters' (plural) means an area of ocean

...navigate the choppy waters of the online piracy debate.-- as above

[c ] As the Defense Department weighs options to prevent a repeat of the drama that unfolded on the seas...-- 'seas' (plural) means an area of ocean

[d ]High winds and heavy seas capsized a boat filled with African migrants heading for Europe off the coast of Libya Monday... 'seas' = 5. the degree or amount of turbulence of the ocean or other body of water, as caused by the wind.

[e ]Russian military aircraft flew just 500 feet over two U.S. Navy ships this week as the ships participated in a joint military exercise with South Korea in the Sea of Japan = the name of a sea

3. Why don't 2 and 2 use seas instead of sea?-- Your question is uninterpretable

4. Why don't 2 and 2 use sea instead of seas? -- Your question is uninterpretable, and please use a [url=http://www.onelook.com/?w=sea&ls=a]DICTIONARY[/url] to find the various meanings of words yourself before posting random questions. I do not have the time or patience to run through all of them.
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Mister Micawber · Answer

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3. Why don't 2[c ] and 2[d ] use seas instead of sea?-- See the definitions supplied in my previous post.

4. Why doesn't 2[e ] use sea instead of seas?-- There is no 'seas' in that excerpt.
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Armsys · Answer

Hi Mister Micawber,
Your enormous knowledge in nuances of English words is amazing. Thanks for your help.
As to your dictionary advice, actually I did. However, more often than not, I can't find the meaning in the context. Meanigs like yours provided here are more crystal clear.

Anyway I'm very sorry for bothering you.
Armstrong

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