tide vs whitecap

tide

noun
  • Something which changes like the tides of the sea. 

  • Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current. 

  • The period of twelve hours. 

  • The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon. 

  • A stream, current or flood. 

verb
  • To pour a tide or flood. 

  • To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream. 

  • To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse. 

whitecap

noun
  • A wave having a white crest; a breaker 

  • Any of several birds having a white patch on the head 

  • A member of a self-appointed vigilante committee that carried out lynchings. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks. 

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