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Offshore vs Ocean - What's the difference?

offshore | ocean |

As an adjective offshore

is moving away from the shore.

As an adverb offshore

is away from the shore.

As a verb offshore

is to use foreign labour to substitute for local labour.

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.

offshore

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Adjective

(-)
  • Moving away from the shore.
  • Located in the sea away from the coast.
    • an offshore oil rig
  • Located in another country, especially one having beneficial tax laws.

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • Away from the shore.
  • At some distance from the shore.

    • Verb

    (offshor)
  • To use foreign labour to substitute for local labour.

    • See also

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    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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