moving ridge vs tidal wave

tidal wave vs moving ridge

moving ridge and tidal wave both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
moving ridge	Yes	No	No	No
tidal wave	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tidal wave is a hyponym of moving ridge; that is, tidal wave is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than moving ridge:

moving ridge: one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
tidal wave: a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun

Other hyponyms of moving ridge include breaker, breakers, surf, backwash, wake, swash, riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet, crestless wave, swell, lift, rise, billow, surge, tsunami, roll, roller, rolling wave, comber, white horse, whitecap.

moving ridge (noun)	tidal wave (noun)
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)	a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun
	an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide
	an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon

Difference between moving ridge and tidal wave

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