Surge vs. Surf — What's the Difference?

To rise and move in a billowing or swelling manner.

The waves of the sea as they break upon a shore or reef.

To roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat.

To engage in surfing.

To move like advancing waves

(Informal) To look at a variety of things casually, especially while browsing the internet or television channels.

To increase suddenly

To ride on or along (a wave) on a surfboard.

To improve one's performance suddenly, especially in bettering one's standing in a competition.

To engage in surfing at

(Nautical) To slip around a windlass. Used of a rope.

(Informal) To browse (the internet or television channels, for example).

To make a dramatic increase in

Waves that break on an ocean shoreline.

(Nautical) To loosen or slacken (a cable) suddenly.

An instance or session of riding a surfboard in the surf.

A powerful wave or swell of water.

A dance popular in the 1960s in which the movements of a surfboard rider are mimicked.

A sudden rushing motion like that of a great wave

The bottom of a drain.

The forward and backward motion of a ship subjected to wave action.

To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing.

A sudden onrush or increase

To surf at a specified place.

A period of intense effort that improves a competitor's standing, as in a race.

To bodysurf; to swim in the surf at a beach.

A sudden, transient increase or oscillation in electric current or voltage.

(ambitransitive) To browse the Internet, television, etc.

(Astronomy) A brief increase in the intensity of solar activity such as X-ray emission, solar wind, solar flares, and prominences.

The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.

The part of a windlass into which the cable surges.

The bottom of a drain.

A temporary release or slackening of a cable.

Waves breaking on the shore

A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

Ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard;

The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.

Look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular;

(electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.

Switch channels, on television

(aviation) A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.

(nautical) The swell or heave of the sea (FM 55-501).

A deployment in large numbers at short notice.

(obsolete) A spring; a fountain.

The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

(intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.

To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.

To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.

To slack off a line.

A spring; a fountain.

A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.

The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.

The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

To swell; to rise hifg and roll.

To slip along a windlass.

To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).

A sudden forceful flow

A sudden or abrupt strong increase;

A large sea wave

Rise and move, as in waves or billows;

Rise rapidly;

Rise or move foward;

Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave;

See one's performance improve;