different between seashore vs seaside

English

Etymology

sea +? shore

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s??shô, IPA^(key): /?si????/
• (General American) enPR: s??shôr, IPA^(key): /?si????/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: s??sh?r, IPA^(key): /?si??o(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?si??o?/

Noun

seashore (plural seashores)

1. The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.
2. The foreshore, the strip of land between low water and high water.

Synonyms

• (land bordering the sea): seacoast, sea marge
• (strip between high and low water marks): foreshore, intertidal zone, littoral

Hypernyms

• (land bordering the sea): shore, coast, strand

Translations

Anagrams

• sea horse, seahorse

English

Etymology

From Middle English see-syde, sey-syde, see syde, se side, equivalent to sea +? side.

Noun

seaside (plural seasides)

1. The area by and around the sea; including the beach, promenade or cliffs

   This summer, I'm going to the seaside at Weymouth - I'm very excited about it!

   • 1907, John A. Glover-Kind, I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside (song)

     I do like to be beside the seaside!
     Oh, I do like to be beside the sea!
     I do like to stroll along the prom, prom, prom,
     While the brass bands play Tiddely-om-pom-pom!

Derived terms

• seaside resort

Translations

Adjective

seaside (not comparable)

1. Related to a seaside.

Usage notes

• This adjective is only used attributively.

Translations

See also

• seaside on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• QCA curriculum

Anagrams

• dis-ease, disease