different between disbark vs disembark

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?b??(?)k/

Etymology 1

dis- +? bark

Verb

disbark (third-person singular simple present disbarks, present participle disbarking, simple past and past participle disbarked)

1. (transitive) To strip of bark.
   • 1665, Robert Boyle, New Experiments and Observations upon Cold

     fir-trees […] disbarked

Synonyms

• bark, excorticate

Etymology 2

Middle French desbarquer, from des- + barque.

Verb

disbark (third-person singular simple present disbarks, present participle disbarking, simple past and past participle disbarked)

1. (obsolete) To disembark.

   • The ship we moor on these obscure abodes;
     Disbark the sheep, an offering to the gods

Anagrams

• Drabiks

English

Etymology

dis- +? embark

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?s.?m?b??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?s.?m?b??k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Verb

disembark (third-person singular simple present disembarks, present participle disembarking, simple past and past participle disembarked)

1. (transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore

   The general disembarked the troops.

   Synonyms: land, debark
2. (intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or airplane

   Synonyms: debark, alight, get off, get out

Antonyms

• embark

Derived terms

• disembarkation

Translations