Peninsula vs. Gulf

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.

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.