Notes on usage: Sea / ocean

 

BrE = British English | NAmE = North American English

 

In BrE, the usual word for the mass of salt water that cover most of the earth’s surface is the sea. In NAmE, the usual word is the ocean: A swimmer drowned in the sea/ocean this morning.

The names of particular areas of sea, however, are fixed: the Mediterranean Sea. | The Atlantic Ocean.

Sea/ocean are also used if you go to the coast on holiday/vacation: We’re spending a week by the sea/at the ocean in June. In NAmE it is also common to say: We’re going to the beach for vacation.

 

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs	Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors	Frequently confused words
Common Clichés	Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings	Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition	Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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