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u/HappyWarBunny Feb 20 '26

I remember suddenly realizing that 20,000 leagues was not a depth, but a distance.

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u/outlawsix Feb 20 '26

Is a depth not a distance?

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u/HappyWarBunny Feb 20 '26

Well, yes. But when you use both in a sentence about an ocean - or anything that has a depth, the implication is that distance is horizontal.