What is.......????

Question

what is the difference between a sea and a ocean???

Answer 1

seas are smaller.  Seas are large bodies of water larger than lakes but smaller than oceans

Answer 2

They are sometimes synonymous, but a sea can be part of an ocean (Sargasso Sea) but not the other way around, so an ocean is bigger.

Answer 3

a sea is shorter than a ocean,

a ocean is bigger than a sea!

Answer 4

A sea is a closed water mass and an ocean is a vast water area

Answer 5

A SEA IS SMALLER THAN AN OCEAN

Answer 6

Oceans are massive bodies of water that all remain connected, while seas are drastically smaller and are somewhat enclosed by land masses.  Though the two terms can be used interchangeably, such as when the Sargasso Sea to an ocean.

Answer 7

the sea is something rather closed,

the ocean is large and open.

Answer 8

A sea is land locked whereas an ocean is not.

Answer 9

Oceans are the largest uninterrupted expanses of water. Seas are smaller lobes of the ocean that are partly surrounded by land.

Answer 10

sea should have "a" infront of it... √

ocean should have "an" infront of it... X

1/2 on the grammar front.

Now, for the answer - a sea is a smaller branch of an ocean, usually enclosed by some land. Oceans are open and are not enclosed by land.

Answer 11

same no difference