Island vs. Peninsula

Islandnoun

A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.

Islandnoun

An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

Islandnoun

A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.

Islandnoun

A traffic island.

Islandnoun

(government) An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.

Islandnoun

(grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.

Islandverb

(transitive) To surround with water; make into an island.

Islandverb

(transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands.

Islandverb

(transitive) To isolate.

Islandnoun

A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.

Islandnoun

Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.

Islandnoun

See Isle, n., 2.

Islandverb

To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.

Islandverb

To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.

Islandnoun

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

Islandnoun

a zone or area resembling an island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of subcontinental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.

Peninsulanoun

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

Peninsulanoun

A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.

Peninsulanoun

a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

Peninsulanoun

a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.

Peninsula

A peninsula (Latin: paeninsula from paene 'almost' and insula 'island') is a landform surrounded by water on most of its border while being connected to a mainland from which it extends. The surrounding water is usually understood to be continuous, though not necessarily named as a single body of water.