wake vs wave

wake and wave both are nouns.

wake and wave both are verbs.

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

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

wake: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
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 wake include moving ridge.

wake (noun)	wave (noun)
a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial	a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward	a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)	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

wake (verb)	wave (verb)
be awake, be alert, be there	set waves in
stop sleeping	signal with the hands or nod
cause to become awake or conscious	move or swing back and forth
to alert someone to something	twist or roll into coils or ringlets
arouse or excite feelings and passions	move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

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