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Seaweed vs Seagrass - What's the difference?

seaweed | seagrass |

As nouns the difference between seaweed and seagrass

is that seaweed is any of numerous marine plants and algae, such as a kelp while seagrass is any of various grass-like marine plants that grow underwater in salt water.

seaweed

English

(wikipedia seaweed)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of numerous marine plants and algae, such as a kelp.

    • Hyponyms

    * sea vegetable

    seagrass

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • Any of various grass-like marine plants that grow underwater in salt water.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 2, author=Henry Fountain, title=Wayward Youths (or Green Turtles) and Their Drifting Ways, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=They are not seen again until they arrive as larger juveniles in shallow coastal waters, where they dine on seagrass and algae. }}

    See also

    * (wikipedia "seagrass")