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# Is there a difference
between a pier and a jetty?
(I helped save b3ta! MarkyH feels like the H in Bob Hoskins' name, Sun 10 Dec 2006, 23:06, archived)
# Just size I think.


But when does one become the other?
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# Around about....
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NOW!
(I helped save b3ta! MarkyH feels like the H in Bob Hoskins' name, Sun 10 Dec 2006, 23:09, archived)
# Okay, serious answer?
A pier is a walkway out into the sea (or whatever), and can also be a jetty, or just to walk on, or for getting to boats or whatever - it's just any raised platform on legs.

A jetty is something which breaks the water to protect a harbour, a beach or whatever.

Therefore a pier can also be a jetty and a jetty can also be a pier, it's just that one is a type of structure and the other is a purpose for a structure.
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# That works so well
with your sig!
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# ;)
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# Jetties don't wear ermine?
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