Ocean vs Oceanside - What's the difference?
ocean | oceanside |
(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.
Located on the coast of an ocean
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As a noun ocean
is ocean.As an adjective oceanside is
located on the coast of an ocean.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 ----oceanside
English
Adjective
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