lurch vs rock

lurch and rock both are nouns.

lurch and rock both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lurch	Yes	No	Yes	No
rock	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, rock is a hyponym of lurch; that is, rock is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lurch:

lurch: abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
rock: pitching dangerously to one side

Other hyponyms of lurch include careen, sway, tilt.

lurch (noun)	rock (noun)
an unsteady uneven gait	pitching dangerously to one side
the act of moving forward suddenly	a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)	hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)	a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
	(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
	material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

lurch (verb)	rock (verb)
defeat by a lurch	move back and forth or sideways
move abruptly	cause to move back and forth
move slowly and unsteadily
walk as if unable to control one's movements
loiter about, with no apparent aim

Difference between lurch and rock

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