sea vs ocean
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noun
- a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- turbulent water with swells of considerable size
- anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
Examples
These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys.
Season with a pinch of salt and pepper.
Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
Definitions
noun
- a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
- anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
Examples
She is also part of a large group of oceanographers and taphonomists of the SSETI project (Shelf / Slope Taphonomic Initiative) examining carbonate preservation and destruction across the shelf and slope regions in Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas using submersibles.
And those involved are pretty small: a few degrees between cooler land and warmer ocean at night, a few tens of degrees between tropics and poles.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi
