sea vs ocean
Definitions
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
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
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.
The four of us stayed for a couple of nights in the Rest House at Takoradi, which gave us a few hours to walk the beaches and paddle in the ocean, and to luxuriate in the fresh sea breezes after the heavy atmosphere of the interior.
