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Beach vs Sands - What's the difference?

beach | sands |

As a proper noun beach

is .

As a noun sands is

.

beach

English

(wikipedia beach)

Noun

(es)
  • The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
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  • (rft-sense) A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
  • *
  • The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.

    • Synonyms

    * * (horizontal strip of land adjoining water) sand, strand, backshore

    Derived terms

    {{der3, beach break , beach volleyball , beachball , beachberry , beachboy , beachcast , beachcomber , beachfront , beach flea , beachgrass , beachline , beach wagon}}

    Verb

    (es)
  • To run (something) aground on a beach.

    • Synonyms

    * strand

    Derived terms

    * unbeached

    sands

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass, from which
  • (figuratively) a unit of time.
    • The sands of a lifetime are rapidly running out.
  • (figuratively) a desert
    • We were lost in the sands of Arabia.

    Derived terms

    * sands of time

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sand)
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