Sandbar vs. Shoal

Sandbarnoun

A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore.

Sandbarnoun

a bar of sand

Shoaladjective

Shallow.

Shoalnoun

A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.

Shoalnoun

A shallow in a body of water.

Shoalnoun

Any large number of persons or things.

Shoalnoun

(collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.

Shoalverb

To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.

Shoalverb

To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.

Shoalverb

To become shallow.

Shoalverb

To collect in a shoal; to throng.

Shoalnoun

A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; - said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.

Shoalnoun

A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.

Shoalnoun

A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.

Shoalverb

To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.

Shoalverb

To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.

Shoalverb

To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep.

Shoaladjective

Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.

Shoalnoun

a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

Shoalnoun

a stretch of shallow water

Shoalnoun

a large group of fish;

Shoalverb

make shallow;

Shoalverb

become shallow;

Shoal

In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. It often refers to those submerged ridges, banks, or bars that rise near enough to the surface of a body of water as to constitute a danger to navigation.