Passage and Strait

Passage

Passage noun - An established course for traveling from one place to another.

Strait and passage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strait" instead a noun "Passage".

Nearby Words: pass, passed, passing, passageway, passaged

Strait

Strait noun - A narrow body of water between two land masses.

Passage and strait are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Passage" instead a noun "Strait".

Nearby Word: straiten

How words are described

single single passage single strait
actual actual passage actual strait
narrow narrow passage narrow strait
famous famous passage famous strait

Both words in one sentence

  • Ridiculously Difficult Route It also turns out the captain took a shortcut through the Strait of Magellan, a tiny passage that would let them cut the corner off the trip, but is perilously narrow.
  • Manga / Gunka No Balzer Weissen's disputes with the Ratov Empire over passage rights across an eastern strait appears to be inspired by the various political crises and political wrangling over the Turkish Straits from the 1840s to 1914.
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