wave vs roller

wave and roller both are nouns.

wave is a verb but roller is not a verb.

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

As nouns, roller is a hyponym of wave; that is, roller 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)
roller: a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

Other hyponyms of wave include breaker, breakers, surf, backwash, wake, swash, riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet, crestless wave, swell, lift, rise, billow, surge, tidal wave, tidal wave, tsunami, roll, rolling wave, comber, white horse, whitecap.

wave (noun)	roller (noun)
a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon	a grounder that rolls along the infield
a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair	Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand	pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth	a cylinder that revolves
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)	a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
something that rises rapidly	a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)	a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
an undulating curve

wave (verb)	roller (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

Difference between wave and roller

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