Difference between Ocean and Sea

What is the difference between Ocean and Sea?

Ocean as a noun is one of the five large bodies of water separating the continents. while Sea as a noun is a large body of salty water. (major seas are known as oceans.)

Ocean

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One of the five large bodies of water separating the continents. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.

Sea

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A large body of salty water. (Major seas are known as oceans.)A large number or quantity; a vast amount.

We hope you now know whether to use Ocean or Sea in your sentence.

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