riptide vs current

riptide and current both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
riptide	Yes	No	No	No
current	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, current is a hypernym of riptide; that is, current is a word with a broader meaning than riptide:

Other hypernyms of riptide include stream.

riptide (noun)	current (noun)
a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore	a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current	dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
	a flow of electricity through a conductor

riptide (adjective)	current (adjective)
	occurring in or belonging to the present time