Strait vs. Gulf

Straitadjective

(archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.

Straitadjective

(archaic) Righteous, strict.

Straitadjective

(obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting.

Straitadjective

(obsolete) Close; intimate; near; familiar.

Straitadjective

(obsolete) Difficult; distressful.

Straitadjective

(obsolete) Parsimonious; stingy; mean.

Straitnoun

(geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

Straitnoun

A narrow pass or passage.

Straitnoun

A neck of land; an isthmus.

Straitnoun

A difficult position (often used in plural).

Straitverb

(obsolete) To confine; put to difficulties.

Straitadverb

(obsolete) Strictly; rigorously.

Straitadjective

A variant of Straight.

Straitadjective

Narrow; not broad.

Straitadjective

Tight; close; closely fitting.

Straitadjective

Close; intimate; near; familiar.

Straitadjective

Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.

Straitadjective

Difficult; distressful; straited.

Straitadjective

Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.

Straitadverb

Strictly; rigorously.

Straitnoun

A narrow pass or passage.

Straitnoun

A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; - often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.

Straitnoun

A neck of land; an isthmus.

Straitnoun

Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; - sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.

Straitverb

To put to difficulties.

Straitnoun

a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

Straitnoun

a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

Straitadjective

strict and severe;

Strait

A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water. Most commonly it is a channel of water that lies between two land masses.

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.