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Aegean vs Adriatic - What's the difference?

aegean | adriatic |

As adjectives the difference between aegean and adriatic

is that aegean is of or relating to the Aegean Sea or the regions bordering it while Adriatic is of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea

As proper nouns the difference between aegean and adriatic

is that aegean is the Aegean Sea while Adriatic is the Adriatic Sea, an extension of the Mediterranean Sea located between Italy and the Dalmatian coast of the Balkans.

aegean

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic) * Aegaean

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to the Aegean Sea or the regions bordering it.
  • Of or relating to the Bronze Age civilization in that region.
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Aegean Sea.
  • adriatic

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the
  • * 1594 — , i 2
  • She moves me not, or not removes, at least,
    Affection's edge in me, were she as rough
    As are the swelling Adriatic seas:

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Adriatic Sea, an extension of the Mediterranean Sea located between Italy and the Dalmatian coast of the Balkans.
  • * 1818
  • Her husband sail'd upon the Adriatic ,
    And made some voyages, too, in other seas,
  • * 1909
  • A strange story comes from the Adriatic .
  • * 1946 — , (5 March)
  • From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic , an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

    See also

    * Aegean * Mediterranean