wave vs swell

wave and swell both are nouns.

wave is not an adjective while swell is an adjective.

wave and swell both are verbs.

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

As nouns, swell is a hyponym of wave; that is, swell 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)
swell: the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

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

wave (noun)	swell (noun)
a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon	a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair	the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand	a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth	a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
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 (adjective)	swell (adjective)
	excellent

wave (verb)	swell (verb)
set waves in	expand abnormally
signal with the hands or nod	cause to become swollen
move or swing back and forth	increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
twist or roll into coils or ringlets	come up, as of a liquid
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion	become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
	come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)

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