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The Atlantic Ocean is generally recognized as the colder of the two based upon average temperatures. The Pacific is the larger and deeper of the two oceans. Overall, both are extremely vast and the temperatures will vary greatly depending on many factors.
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The Pacific is more calm then the Atlantic. Pacific means 'peaceful'. So dur-the Pacific is more calm then the Atlantic.

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BOTH oceans can be very calm or very rough, and by no means evenly thanks to their sheer area! One of the most commonly calm sea areas is in the tropical Atlantic, and named "the Doldrums" by ancient sea-farers who found their sailing-ships becalmed for days or weeks at a time there.

And- you don't understand why the name "Pacific". It was calm in that region at that time of first sited by European explorers (Vasco de Gama?); so they must have assumed that was its normal state and named it thus.

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Both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans have water boundaries with the Arctic Ocean, so it gets pretty cold up there. They also both cross the equator, so it gets warm also. Both Oceans has a myriad of warm currents running through them. As they are both so huge, I guess the correct answer is, it depends where you are.

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Yes. Look at a map of the ocean currents.

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