surface vs dredge

dredge vs surface

surface and dredge both are nouns.

surface is an adjective but dredge is not an adjective.

surface and dredge both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
surface	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
dredge	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dredge is a hyponym of surface; that is, dredge is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than surface:

surface: put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
dredge: cover before cooking

Other hyponyms of surface include rubber, rubberise, rubberize, anodise, anodize, gelatinize, skim, stucco, egg, encrust, incrust, soot, refinish, brush on, patinate, patinise, patinize, resurface, crumb, copper, finish, bonderise, bonderize, blacktop, foliate, galvanise, galvanize, pave, seal, varnish, glaze, tar, enrobe, daub, plaster, render, skimcoat, paint, cement, grit, plate, metal, macadam, macadamise, macadamize, tarmac, size, metalize, metallize, platinize, porcelainize, zinc.

surface (noun)	dredge (noun)
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary	a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed
a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
information that has become public
the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
the outermost level of the land or sea

surface (adjective)	dredge (adjective)
on the surface

surface (verb)	dredge (verb)
appear or become visible; make a showing	remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface	search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
come to the surface	cover before cooking

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