Ocean vs Salty - What's the difference?
ocean | salty |
(countable) One of the five large bodies of water separating the continents.
(uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.
(figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
Tasting of salt.
Containing salt.
(figuratively) Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.
(figuratively) Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).
Irritated, annoyed; from sharp, spicy flavor of salt.
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(linguistics) Pertaining to those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin .
In figuratively terms the difference between ocean and salty
is that ocean is an immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits while salty is experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).As a noun ocean
is one of the five large bodies of water separating the continents.As a proper noun Ocean
is {{given name|female|from=English}} of modern usage.As an adjective salty is
tasting of salt.ocean
English
Noun
(en noun)- The island is surrounded by ocean
- 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 * OceanusSee also
* seaAnagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----salty
English
Adjective
(er)- Ray and Fuzzy were salty with our unhip no-playing piano player, because she broke time on the piano so bad that the strings yelled whoa to the hammers.
- I want to beg your pardon for making you salty that night.
