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What is the difference between seaside and sea?

seaside | sea |

Sea is a derived term of seaside.



As nouns the difference between seaside and sea

is that seaside is the area by and around the sea; bay; beach; promenade while sea is a large body of salty water. (Major seas are known as oceans..

As an adjective seaside

is related to a seaside.

As an abbreviation SEA is

southeast Asia.

seaside

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The area by and around the sea; bay; beach; promenade
    • This summer, I'm going to the seaside at Weymouth - I'm very excited about it!
  • * Classic song:
    • I do like to be beside the seaside !
    Oh, I do like to be beside the sea!
    I do like to stroll along the prom, prom, prom,
    While the brass band plays tiddleyompompom!
    Oh, just let me be beside the seaside!
    I'll be beside myself with glee.
    There are lots of girls, besides,
    That I'd like to be beside,
    Beside the seaside , beside the sea.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Related to a seaside .

    • Usage notes

    * This adjective is only used attributively.

    See also

    * (wikipedia "seaside")

    References

    * QCA curriculum

    Anagrams

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    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

    References

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