rolling wave vs wave

wave vs rolling wave

rolling wave and wave both are nouns.

rolling wave is not a verb while wave is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rolling wave	Yes	No	No	No
wave	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, wave is a hypernym of rolling wave; that is, wave is a word with a broader meaning than rolling wave:

rolling wave: a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
wave: one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

Other hypernyms of rolling wave include moving ridge.

rolling wave (noun)	wave (noun)
a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore	a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
	a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
	the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
	(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
	one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
	something that rises rapidly
	a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
	an undulating curve

rolling wave (verb)	wave (verb)
	set waves in
	signal with the hands or nod
	move or swing back and forth
	twist or roll into coils or ringlets
	move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

Difference between rolling wave and wave

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