Beach vs. Strand
Difference Between Beach and Strand
Beachnoun
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
Strandnoun
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
Beachnoun
A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
Strandnoun
A string.
Beachnoun
The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
Strandnoun
An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
strand of spaghettistrand of hair.Beachverb
(intransitive) To run aground on a beach.
Strandnoun
(electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
Beachverb
(transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.
Strandnoun
(broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
Beachverb
(of a vehicle) To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.
Strandnoun
(figurative) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
strand of truthBeachnoun
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
Strandnoun
(genetics) A nucleotide chain.
Beachverb
land on a beach;
the ship beached near the portStrandverb
(transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).
Strandverb
(transitive) To form by uniting strands.
Strandnoun
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole;
he tried to pick up the strands of his former lifeI could hear several melodic strands simultaneouslyStrandnoun
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
Strandnoun
a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
a string of beadsa strand of pearlsStrandnoun
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Strandnoun
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
Strandnoun
a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
Strandverb
leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue;
the travellers were marooned
