Ocean vs. Gulf

Oceannoun

(countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.

Oceannoun

(uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.

Oceannoun

(figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.

Oceannoun

The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; - called also the sea, or great sea.

Oceannoun

One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.

Oceannoun

An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.

Oceanadjective

Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream.

Oceannoun

a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

Oceannoun

anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

Ocean

The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water which covers approximately 71% of the surface of the Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. Another definition is .

Gulfnoun

A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.

Gulfnoun

(obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.

Gulfnoun

That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

Gulfnoun

(geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea

Gulfnoun

(mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.

Gulfnoun

A difference, especially a large difference, between groups

Gulfnoun

(Oxbridge slang) The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.

Gulfverb

To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.

Gulfnoun

A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,

Gulfnoun

That which swallows; the gullet.

Gulfnoun

That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

Gulfnoun

A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulfnoun

A large deposit of ore in a lode.

Gulfnoun

an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

Gulfnoun

an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding);

Gulfnoun

a deep wide chasm

Gulf

A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly-indented navigable bodies of salt water that are enclosed by the coastline.