I've seen these two words used interchangeably. I looked up debarking.
The only definitions I can find have to do with the removal of bark from
a tree. There is a third vaguely diabolical meaning, it is to
surgically remove the vocal chords from a dog. But what about the
latter? The only definitions I can find for disembark mean 'to leave a
ship' or 'to leave a vessel'.
It's not really a major issue. However, it could be confusing for
someone for whom English is a second language happening upon this
group. They could mistakenly think that a cruise originating from the
US winds up with passengers being pressed into labor removing bark from
trees. Worse yet, they might think that the end of a cruise involves
the ritual removing of a dogs ability to bark.
I did check, there is no word for putting the bark back on a tree,
unless some German speaking folk want to invent one. :-)
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