countercurrent vs crosscurrent

countercurrent and crosscurrent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
countercurrent	Yes	No	No	No
crosscurrent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, countercurrent and crosscurrent are synonyms defined as:

countercurrent and crosscurrent: actions counter to the main group activity

As nouns, countercurrent and crosscurrent are synonyms defined as:

countercurrent and crosscurrent: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

Other synonyms of countercurrent include rip, riptide, tide rip.

countercurrent (noun)	crosscurrent (noun)
actions counter to the main group activity	actions counter to the main group activity
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current	a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current