Ocean vs. Gulf — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ocean and Gulf
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Ocean
The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water which covers approximately 71% of the surface of the Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. Another definition is "any of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is divided".
Gulf
A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly-indented navigable bodies of salt water that are enclosed by the coastline.
Ocean
The entire body of salt water that covers more than 70 percent of the earth's surface.
Gulf
Abbr. G. A large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, especially a long landlocked portion of sea opening through a strait.
Ocean
Abbr. Oc. or O. Any of the principal divisions of the ocean, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans.
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Gulf
A deep, wide chasm; an abyss.
Ocean
A great expanse or amount
"that ocean of land which is Russia" (Henry A. Kissinger).
Gulf
A wide gap, as in understanding
"the gulf between the Victorian sensibility and our own" (Babette Deutsch).
Ocean
(countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
Gulf
Something, such as a whirlpool, that draws down or engulfs.
Ocean
(uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.
The island is surrounded by ocean
Gulf
To engulf.
Ocean
(figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
The boundless ocean of eternity
An ocean of difference
Gulf
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
Ocean
A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).
Gulf
(obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.
Ocean
The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; - called also the sea, or great sea.
Like the odor of brine from the oceanComes the thought of other years.
Gulf
That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Ocean
One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
Gulf
(geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea
The Gulf of Mexico
The Persian Gulf
Ocean
An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.
You're gonna need an oceanOf calamine lotion.
Gulf
(mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
Ocean
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream.
Gulf
(figurative) A wide interval or gap; a separating space.
Ocean
A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
Gulf
(figurative) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
Ocean
Anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
Gulf
(Oxbridge slang) The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.
Gulf
To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.
Gulf
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,
He then surveyedHell and the gulf between.
Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
Gulf
That which swallows; the gullet.
Gulf
That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold.
Gulf
A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf
A large deposit of ore in a lode.
Gulf
An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
Gulf
An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding);
He felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
There is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy
Gulf
A deep wide chasm
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