wave vs swash

wave and swash both are nouns.

wave and swash both are verbs.

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

As nouns, swash is a hyponym of wave; that is, swash 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)
swash: the movement or sound of water

Other hyponyms of wave include breaker, breakers, surf, backwash, wake, 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)	swash (noun)
a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon	the movement or sound of water
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

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

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