Sea vs Wife - What's the difference?
sea | wife |
A large body of salty water. (Major seas are known as oceans.)
(label) A large number or quantity; a vast amount.
* {{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times
, 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.
A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
* (The Fisherman and His Wife)
* , chapter=10
, title= The female of a pair of mated animals.
As a verb sea
is to saw.As a noun wife is
a married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.sea
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Noun
- 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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Noun
(wives)- My wife and I have decided to have a baby.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}