Surge vs. Urge — What's the Difference?

To rise and move in a billowing or swelling manner.

To force or drive forward or onward; impel.

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

To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.

To move like advancing waves

To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for

To increase suddenly

To stimulate; excite

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

To move or impel to action, effort, or speed; spur.

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

To exert an impelling force; push vigorously.

To make a dramatic increase in

To present a forceful argument, claim, or case.

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

The act of urging.

A powerful wave or swell of water.

An impulse that prompts action or effort

A sudden rushing motion like that of a great wave

An involuntary tendency to perform a given activity; an instinct

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

A strong desire; an itch to do something.

A sudden onrush or increase

(transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

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

(transitive) To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.

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

(transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.

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

(transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.

The part of a windlass into which the cable surges.

(transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.

A temporary release or slackening of a cable.

To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.

A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

(transitive) To press onward or forward.

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

(transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

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

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

(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.

To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.

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

To provoke; to exasperate.

A deployment in large numbers at short notice.

To press hard upon; to follow closely

(obsolete) A spring; a fountain.

To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.

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

To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.

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

To press onward or forward.

To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.

To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

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

An instinctive motive;

To slack off a line.

A strong restless desire;

A spring; a fountain.

Force or impel in an indicated direction;

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

Push for something;

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

Urge on or encourage especially by shouts;

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;