Browsing vs. Surfing — What's the Difference?

Browsing is a kind of orienting strategy. It is supposed to identify something of relevance for the browsing organism.

Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer, uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitable for surfing are primarily found on ocean shores, but can also be found in standing waves in the open ocean, in lakes, in rivers in the form of a tidal bore, or in wave pools.

To inspect something leisurely and casually

The sport of riding toward the shore on the forward slope of a wave, especially while standing or lying on a surfboard. Also called surfboarding.

To read something superficially by selecting passages at random

(Informal) The activity of casually looking at something that offers numerous options, such as the internet or television.

To look for information on the internet.

Present participle of surf

To feed on leaves, young shoots, and other vegetation; graze.

The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.

To look through or over (something) casually

The activity of browsing the Internet.

To read (websites) casually on the internet.

The sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave

To nibble; crop.

To graze on.

Young twigs, leaves, and shoots that are fit for animals to eat.

An act of browsing.

Present participle of browse

A place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.

Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.

Reading superficially or at random

The act of feeding by continual nibbling