What's the difference between coastal and coaster?

Coastal


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a coast.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One of the main users is coastal planning organizations and conservation organizations that are working on coral reefs.
  • (2) Nearly four months into the conflict, rebels control large parts of eastern Libya , the coastal city of Misrata, and a string of towns in the western mountains, near the border with Tunisia.
  • (3) Trout fishing is excellent in both, and after they fall over the edge of the Piedmont Plateau to the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the lower stretches of both waterways boil into class-2 and -3 whitewater for kayakers and canoeists.
  • (4) Endless utilitarian apartment blocks and gigantic hotels sprawl seemingly at random in the so-called "coastal cluster".
  • (5) Mary and Gerry Menke from the small coastal community of Mallacoota in far eastern Victoria were among the 298 people who died when the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was downed over insurgent-held eastern Ukraine on 17 July.
  • (6) He said a two-and-half-year analysis by the government's Foresight programme on the implications for coastal defences had more impact in the corridors of power than any other research on the effects of climate change that he presented.
  • (7) This lovely coastal route also gives you an excuse to hop on the Skye ferry, which plies its way over the narrows to Kylerhea from the start of this walk.
  • (8) If coastal ice shelves buttressing the west Antarctic ice sheet continue to disintegrate, the sheet could disgorge into the ocean, raising sea levels by several metres in a century.
  • (9) Nevertheless, Ansar al-Sharia and other Islamist militia have bases elsewhere in eastern Libya, notably around the coastal city of Derna, known across the region as a major recruitment centre for fighters who joined the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.
  • (10) A spokesman for the Met Office said: "We have had such heavy and persistent rainfall over the last few days and weeks and that there is a danger of landslides and rockfall along the coast, even on coastal paths.
  • (11) Reports from the scenes of Muslim Brotherhood and Freedom and Justice Party rallies conveyed a dour mood in Cairo, while active clashes were reported in both coastal cities and upper Egypt.
  • (12) "Heat stress, extreme precipitation, inland and coastal flooding, as well as drought and water scarcity pose risks in urban areas, with risks amplified for those lacking essential infrastructure and services or living in exposed areas," says the report, which makes this forecast with "very high confidence".
  • (13) The following summer, the coastal city Qidong scrapped a pipeline plan after about a thousand protesters stormed government offices and overturned cars.
  • (14) Other stranded schemes include a £9m alleviation scheme for Exeter, Devon, and coastal defences at Folkestone, Kent (£22m) and Lyme Regis, Dorset (£15m).
  • (15) 2) with different dietary concentrations of Mg and K. In each experiment, eight 500-ml continuous culture fermentors were supplied with late-cut coastal bermuda grass (80%) and cellulose (20%) as substrate during five trials with two levels of Mg (.07 and .14%), K (.6 and 2.5%) and either monensin (Exp.
  • (16) The children had been identified in a cross-sectional survey of two coastal areas: Lake Munmorah (LM), within 5 km of two power stations, and Nelson Bay (NB), free from major industry.
  • (17) The caries prevalence was higher in the coastal cities in the south.
  • (18) Paddle on the Riviera Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy A half-hour walk from the tiny railway station at Cap d’Ail in the Alpes-Maritimes, a coastal footpath runs underneath a line of art nouveau and art deco villas and round a headland before Mala Plage comes into view.
  • (19) The need for simple, fast and inexpensive tests to study metal pollution in the marine environment has become more pressing as utilization of coastal waters increases.
  • (20) White-tailed deer harbored 19 species of parasites; all were typical of the parasite fauna of this species in coastal regions of the southeastern United States.

Coaster


Definition:

  • (n.) A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.
  • (n.) One who sails near the shore.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This a time when these crucial policies, central to everyone’s lives and the future of the nation, have been on a roller coaster ride through years of political disruption.
  • (2) Thus for many, the IVF-ET procedures were like an emotional roller coaster on which they experienced a wide range of feelings during a brief period of time.
  • (3) The sweeping shape is reminiscent of melted roller coaster ride, or as one Twitter user put it: "It looks like congealed intestines".
  • (4) The reality is that life’s a roller coaster – up and down, backwards and forwards, with everyone moving at different speeds.
  • (5) Gift shops were selling artists' posters, greeting cards, mugs and coasters for a fraction of the price.
  • (6) Then, in an unrelated incident two weeks after the shooting, the town's famous Grade II listed roller-coaster, which featured in an episode of Only Fools and Horses, was subject to a major arson attack that destroyed almost a third of its frame.
  • (7) But this leaves a roller-coaster in spending with cuts in the first three years and then a splurge at the end of the next parliament.
  • (8) But it is the hosts who seem more anxious ahead of a potentially roller-coaster match against opponents of reliably relentless energy and craft.
  • (9) We glimpse the record player amid stacks of coasters, magazines and empty cigarette cartons.
  • (10) A news helicopter hovered overhead, along with a swarm of television news trucks in what is ordinarily a tranquil meadow in a large, wooded section within sight of a roller coaster at the Kings Dominion amusement park along Interstate 95.
  • (11) The diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor can thrust a patient and family onto an emotional roller coaster.
  • (12) Purchase whale-stamped coasters, decorative fish, or seashell trays made from bamboo—proceeds go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium .
  • (13) Then there are the plates, the coasters, the Christmas ornaments.
  • (14) The coaster is touted as the tallest steel-hybrid roller coaster in the world.
  • (15) The news comes after a roller-coaster week for the president, who disappointed many with a lacklustre performance in the first presidential debate against Mitt Romney , before Friday brought encouraging news on the jobs front .
  • (16) A second fear survey which contained duplicate items from the first was administered to the same students in a laboratory setting prior to watching videotaped scenes of fish, rats, mice and a shorter roller coaster ride.
  • (17) Days after the roller-coaster was torched, two men strolled into the Tivoli arcade, one of the few remaining on the seafront, and doused its slot machines in petrol before setting them on fire, causing £500,000 of damage.
  • (18) That means the markets will go up and down like a roller coaster, and it will be hard to hold on.
  • (19) Tea is served on souvenir coasters from Manchester, the city she represents in parliament, and to which she returns each Friday.
  • (20) The roller-coaster is on prime land just behind Margate's sea front where a number of other buildings have been torched in mysterious circumstances.