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billow vs wave

wave vs billow

billow and wave both are nouns.

billow and wave both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
billow Yes No Yes No
wave Yes No Yes No
As nouns, wave is a hypernym of billow; that is, wave is a word with a broader meaning than billow:
  • billow: a large sea wave
  • wave: one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
Other hypernyms of billow include moving ridge.
billow (noun) wave (noun)
a large sea wave a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
something that rises rapidly
a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
an undulating curve
billow (verb) wave (verb)
become inflated set waves in
rise and move, as in waves or billows signal with the hands or nod
rise up as if in waves move or swing back and forth
move with great difficulty twist or roll into coils or ringlets
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
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