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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Seashore and Beach

what is the difference between ''seashore'' and ''beach''
gotta do a composition, please help me!
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A beach is low-lying land bordering the ocean or sea. Usually a beach is demarcated by the vegetation line, or the line of highest tides. There are sandy beaches and pebbly beaches.

  • A beach is low-lying land bordering the ocean or sea.
  • Usually a beach is demarcated by the vegetation line, or the line of highest tides.
  • There are sandy beaches and pebbly beaches.
  • A seashore is the ground where land meets the ocean or sea.
  • A beach is always a seashore, but a seashore is not always a beach.
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A beach is low-lying land bordering the ocean or sea. Usually a beach is demarcated by the vegetation line, or the line of highest tides. There are sandy beaches and pebbly beaches.

A seashore is the ground where land meets the ocean or sea. A beach is always a seashore, but a seashore is not always a beach.
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Oh thanks for your help Emotion: smile
just to be cleared, a 'seashore' is where the land and the ocean meets together on the land?
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In informal usage they are similar in meaning. When you say you're going to the beach, you mean down to the ocean for a swim - you would not say you're going to the seashore if you're going for a swim. Seashore is generally understood to mean the ocean and its immediate environs, which includes the beach, the land right next to the water. Seashore would be used for higher level description, for
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oh i see Emotion: smile
well i have to write a composition '' A day at the seashore'' so i just want to be cleared.
if you dont mind can
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"A day at the seashore" would mean spending the day right near the ocean. When people spend a "day at the seashore" this is usually for something more than just swimming or soaking up sun, since the word seashore is for higher level description. You might spend a day at the seashore beach combing, looking for driftwood and odds and ends that have washed up on shore. Or for studying the marine l
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i actually get that, thanks Emotion: smile
a day at the seashore could be like a family vacation, like a picnic, and a adventurous moment for
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miraha day at the seashore could be like a family vacation, like a picnic, and a adventurous moment for us all
Yes. It would be a mini-vacation. A vacation is usually for more than one day.
What you do at the seashore depends on the topographical features. A seashore can be ocean waves crashing on rocks and high cliffs, a wide sandy beach, or anything in

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