Difference between Coast and Seacoast

What is the difference between Coast and Seacoast?

Coast as a noun is the edge of the land where it meets the sea; the shoreline or oceanfront. while Seacoast as a noun is the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean

Coast

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To glide along without adding energy. To sail along a coast Applied to human behavior, to make a minimal effort, to continue to do something in a routine way. This implies lack of initiative and effort.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The edge of the land where it meets the sea; the shoreline or oceanfront. A region of land; a district or country. The side or edge of something.

Example sentence: I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

Seacoast

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean

We hope you now know whether to use Coast or Seacoast in your sentence.

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