Sea vs. Ocean

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.

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 .