Sea vs. River

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.

Rivernoun

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea.

Rivernoun

Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

Rivernoun

(poker) The last card dealt in a hand.

Rivernoun

(typography) A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

Rivernoun

One who rives or splits.

Riververb

(poker) To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

Rivernoun

One who rives or splits.

Rivernoun

A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.

Rivernoun

Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.

Riververb

To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.

Rivernoun

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek);

Rivernoun

a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river

Rivernoun

a large quantity of a flowing substance

Rivernoun

used in names of animals and plants living in or associated with rivers, e.g. river dolphin.

River

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water.