moving ridge vs wake

wake vs moving ridge

moving ridge and wake both are nouns.

moving ridge is not a verb while wake is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
moving ridge	Yes	No	No	No
wake	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, wake is a hyponym of moving ridge; that is, wake 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)
wake: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward

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

moving ridge (noun)	wake (noun)
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)	a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
	the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
	the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

moving ridge (verb)	wake (verb)
	be awake, be alert, be there
	stop sleeping
	cause to become awake or conscious
	to alert someone to something
	arouse or excite feelings and passions

Difference between moving ridge and wake

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