Difference between Scend and Surge

What is the difference between Scend and Surge?

Scend as a noun is the rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge while Surge as a noun is the swell or heave of the sea. (fm 55-501).

Scend

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge

Surge

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).A sudden rush, flood or increase which is transient.A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.The maximum amplitude of a vehicles' forward/backward oscillation

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.To slack off a line.

Example sentence: Nathaniel Rich wrote 'Odds Against Tomorrow' well before Hurricane Sandy and its surge crashed onto the isle of Manhattan, well before the streets were flooded and the subways drowned, only the Goldman Sachs building sparkling above the darkened avenues.

We hope you now know whether to use Scend or Surge in your sentence.

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