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Lagoon vs Peninsula - What's the difference?

lagoon | peninsula |

As nouns the difference between lagoon and peninsula

is that lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar while peninsula is a piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

lagoon

English

(wikipedia lagoon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

    • peninsula

    English

    (wikipedia peninsula)

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

    • Synonyms

    * byland * cape * chersonese * half-island * headland * ness

    Related terms

    * insular * insulate * insulator * insulation * island * isolate * isolation

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