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Estuary vs Oasis - What's the difference?

estuary | oasis |

As a noun estuary

is coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge.

As a proper noun oasis is

the great oasis of thebes, a string of oases in the (libyan desert) where the roman empire would send its criminals, the location of the modern (dakhla oasis) and (kharga oasis).

estuary

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(estuaries)
  • Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge.
  • An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.
  • Derived terms

    * Estuary English

    oasis

    English

    (wikipedia oasis)

    Noun

    (oases)
  • A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
  • , chapter=7, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=It was the Lost Oasis', the '''Oasis''' of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost ' Oasis was the Found!}}
  • A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.
  • Synonyms

    * (quiet place or situation) island, refuge