Difference between Lagoon and Lake

What is the difference between Lagoon and Lake?

Lagoon as a noun is a shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar. while Lake as a noun is large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water.

Lagoon

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

Lake

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To present an offering.To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.To make lake-red.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water.(In the plural) an area characterised by its many lakes; e.g., the English Lake District is often shortened to The Lakes.A large amount of liquid: a wine lake.An offering, sacrifice, gift.Play, sport, fun, glee.Fine linen.In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.

Example sentence: Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.

We hope you now know whether to use Lagoon or Lake in your sentence.

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