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Ocean vs Interoceanic - What's the difference?

ocean | interoceanic |

As a noun ocean

is ocean.

As an adjective interoceanic is

between oceans; connecting two oceans.

ocean

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable) One of the five large bodies of water separating the continents.
  • (uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.
    • The island is surrounded by ocean
  • (figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
    • the boundless ocean of eternity
    an ocean of affairs

    Synonyms

    * (large body of water) the ogin (qualifier)

    Derived terms

    * a drop in the ocean * Oceania * oceanic * oceanography * ocean tramp * Oceanus

    See also

    * sea

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    interoceanic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Between oceans; connecting two oceans
    • We are thinking of building an interoceanic railway.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "interoceanic")

    References

    * 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised) , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198610572 * *