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earthquake vs seaquake

seaquake vs earthquake

earthquake and seaquake both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
earthquake Yes No No No
seaquake Yes No No No
As nouns, seaquake is a hyponym of earthquake; that is, seaquake is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than earthquake:
  • earthquake: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
  • seaquake: an earthquake at the sea bed
Other hyponyms of earthquake include seismic disturbance, shock, earth tremor, microseism, tremor, submarine earthquake.
earthquake (noun) seaquake (noun)
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity an earthquake at the sea bed
a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
Difference between earthquake and seaquake

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