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Ocean vs Lagoon - What's the difference?

ocean | lagoon |

As nouns the difference between ocean and lagoon

is that ocean is ocean while lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

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 ----

    lagoon

    English

    (wikipedia lagoon)

    Noun

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