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Sea vs Aqua - What's the difference?

sea | aqua |

As a verb sea

is to saw.

As a noun aqua is

(inorganic compound) the compound water.

As an adjective aqua is

of a greenish-blue colour.

sea

English

Noun

  • A large body of salty water. (Major seas are known as oceans.)
  • (label) A large number or quantity; a vast amount.
    • A sea of faces stared back at the singer.
    With no power for the electric lights, the house was a sea of darkness.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In the last two decades, North Korea has on various occasions conducted highly provocative missile and nuclear tests and promised to turn Seoul into a sea of fire. }}
  • A heavy wave.
  • (label) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.

    • Synonyms

    * the ogin (UK'', ''nautical and navy )

    Derived terms

    {{der3, deep sea , freedom of the seas , high seas , open sea , seabased , sea breeze , seachange, sea change , sea cow , sea dragon , seafood , seagull , seahorse , sea cucumber , sea grape , sea hare , sea hog , sea level , sea liver , sea louse , sea monster , sea otter , seaplane , sea pork , sea room , sea sawdust , seaside , sea slug , sea squirt , seastar , sea urchin , sea wolf}}

    See also

    * ocean * The Seven Seas

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    aqua

    English

    Noun

  • (inorganic compound) The compound water.
  • A shade of colour, usually a mix of green and blue similar to the colour turquoise.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 27, author=Patricia Cohen, title=Employing Art Along With Ambassadors, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Ms. Rockburne, with help from a team of artists, is working on a gargantuan mural of deep blues, shimmering aquas and luminous gold leaf that is headed for the American Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica. }}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a greenish-blue colour.

    • Synonyms

    * (colour) aquamarine * (water) see

    Derived terms

    * aquabib * aquabis * aquabob * aquacade * aquacise * aquacrop * aquaculture * aquaculturist * aquadynamic * aquaerobics * aqualung * aquamarine * aquanaut * aquapasto * aquaphobia * aquaplane * aqueous * aquiculture * aquifer * aquitard * subaqua

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