swash vs wave

swash and wave both are nouns.

swash and wave both are verbs.

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

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

swash: the movement or sound of water
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 swash include moving ridge.

swash (noun)	wave (noun)
the movement or sound of water	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

swash (verb)	wave (verb)
act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner	set waves in
show off	signal with the hands or nod
dash a liquid upon or against	move or swing back and forth
make violent, noisy movements	twist or roll into coils or ringlets
	move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

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