Sea vs Region - What's the difference?
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A large body of salty water. (Major seas are known as oceans.)
(label) A large number or quantity; a vast amount.
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A heavy wave.
(label) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
(historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
(figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
(anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
(obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
(obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
In context|figuratively|lang=en terms the difference between sea and region
is that sea is (figuratively) a large number or quantity; a vast amount while region is (figuratively) the inhabitants of a region or district of a country.As nouns the difference between sea and region
is that sea is (countable|uncountable) a large body of salty water (major seas are known as oceans) while region is any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.sea
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- A sea of faces stared back at the singer.
- With no power for the electric lights, the house was a sea of darkness.
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* the ogin (UK'', ''nautical and navy )Derived terms
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* ocean * The Seven SeasReferences
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(wikipedia region) (en noun)- the equatorial regions
- the temperate regions
- the polar regions
- the upper regions of the atmosphere
- the abdominal regions