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Peninsula vs Isle - What's the difference?

peninsula | isle |

As nouns the difference between peninsula and isle

is that peninsula is (label) (a piece of land projecting into water) while isle is lowness, lowliness or isle can be .

As an adjective isle is

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peninsula

English

(wikipedia peninsula)

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en-noun)
  • (geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

    • Synonyms

    * byland * cape * chersonese * half-island * headland * ness

    Related terms

    * insular * insulate * insulator * insulation * island * isolate * isolation

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    isle

    English

    (wikipedia isle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A (small) island.

    • Related terms

    * insulate * insulation * islet

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