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Ocean vs Oceany - What's the difference?

ocean | oceany |

As a noun ocean

is ocean.

As an adjective oceany is

characteristic of the ocean.

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 ----

    oceany

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of the ocean.
  • * 2007 , Rosalie Wise Sharp, Rifke: An Improbable Life (page 144)
    • Two other birds took up residence at our swimming pool, which I had painted an eggplant colour, giving the water an oceany hue.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 12, author=Melissa Clark, title=Bluefish With a Crunchy Bite, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=My parents then roasted, baked and grilled the fillets for months without ever tiring of what my mother called their “sweet, oceany taste.” }}