surcharge vs charge

surcharge and charge both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
surcharge	Yes	No	Yes	No
charge	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, charge is a hypernym of surcharge; that is, charge is a word with a broader meaning than surcharge:

surcharge: an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)
charge: the price charged for some article or service

As verbs, charge is a hypernym of surcharge; that is, charge is a word with a broader meaning than surcharge:

Other hypernyms of surcharge include bill.

surcharge (noun)	charge (noun)
an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)	attention and management implying responsibility for safety
	an impetuous rush toward someone or something
	a special assignment that is given to a person or group
	a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
	heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
	(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
	a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
	request for payment of a debt
	an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
	the swift release of a store of affective force
	(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
	a person committed to your care
	the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
	financial liabilities (such as a tax)
	the price charged for some article or service

surcharge (verb)	charge (verb)
show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given	energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
fill to an excessive degree	cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
place too much a load on	saturate
print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote	attribute responsibility to
fill to capacity with people	set or ask for a certain price
rip off; ask an unreasonable price	file a formal charge against
charge an extra fee, as for a special service	impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
	blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
	make an accusatory claim
	instruct or command with authority
	instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
	to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
	direct into a position for use
	fill or load to capacity
	provide (a device) with something necessary
	place a heraldic bearing on
	cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
	move quickly and violently
	lie down on command, of hunting dogs
	pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
	enter a certain amount as a charge
	demand payment
	give over to another for care or safekeeping
	cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
	assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to