what is the diffence between ocean and sea.?

Answer 1

Main Entry: ocean
Pronunciation: 'O-sh&n
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English occean, from Anglo-French, from Latin oceanus, from Greek Õkeanos, a river thought of as encircling the earth, ocean
1 a : the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the surface of the earth b : any of the large bodies of water (as the Atlantic Ocean) into which the great ocean is divided

Main Entry: sea
Pronunciation: 'sE
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English see, from Old English s[AE]; akin to Old High German sE sea, Gothic saiws
1 a : a great body of salt water that covers much of the earth; broadly : the waters of the earth as distinguished from the land and air b : a body of salt water of second rank more or less landlocked c : OCEAN d : an inland body of water -- used especially for names of such bodies

Basically, the ocean is bigger. All the world's oceans are connected to each other. They just have different names for the different areas of ocean. Seas are smaller, sometimes even completely inland and do not touch an ocean at all.

Answer 2

Sea is a part of an Ocean.

Answer 3

An ocean is larger than a sea.

Answer 4

sea is surrounded by land on three sides and connects to the ocean, which has more than one access

Answer 5

Oceans are much bigger than seas.

Answer 6

they are spelled differently

Answer 7

nothing