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Ocean vs Midocean - What's the difference?

ocean | midocean |

As nouns the difference between ocean and midocean

is that ocean is ocean while midocean is the area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore.

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

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    midocean

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mid-ocean

    Noun

    (-)
  • The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore
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    • , passage=A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean . }}

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