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wave vs backwash

backwash vs wave

wave and backwash both are nouns.

wave is a verb but backwash is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wave Yes No Yes No
backwash Yes No No No
As nouns, backwash is a hyponym of wave; that is, backwash is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wave:
  • wave: one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
  • backwash: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
Other hyponyms of wave include breaker, breakers, surf, wake, swash, riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet, crestless wave, swell, lift, rise, billow, surge, tidal wave, tidal wave, tsunami, roll, roller, rolling wave, comber, white horse, whitecap.
wave (noun) backwash (noun)
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 flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
(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
wave (verb) backwash (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
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