Sea vs. Gulf

Seanoun

A large body of salt water.

Seanoun

The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.

Seanoun

A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.

Seanoun

A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.

Seanoun

The swell of the sea; a single wave; billow.

Seanoun

Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.

Seanoun

(figurative) Anything resembling the vastness of the sea.

Seanoun

(planetology) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.

Seanoun

(planetology) A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.

Seanoun

One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.

Seanoun

An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.

Seanoun

The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.

Seanoun

The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion or agitation of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.

Seanoun

A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; - so called from its size.

Seanoun

Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.

Seanoun

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

Seanoun

anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

Seanoun

turbulent water with swells of considerable size;

Seaadjective

relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships;

Sea

The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers approximately 71 percent of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, as well as certain large, entirely landlocked, saltwater lakes, such as the Caspian Sea.

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.