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wave vs tsunami

tsunami vs wave

wave and tsunami both are nouns.

wave is a verb but tsunami is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wave Yes No Yes No
tsunami Yes No No No
As nouns, tsunami is a hyponym of wave; that is, tsunami 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)
  • tsunami: a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
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, roll, roller, rolling wave, comber, white horse, whitecap.
wave (noun) tsunami (noun)
a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
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) tsunami (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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