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Ebbtide vs Riptide - What's the difference?

ebbtide | riptide |

As nouns the difference between ebbtide and riptide

is that ebbtide is an alternative form of ebb tide while riptide is a particularly strong tidal current.

ebbtide

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • riptide

    English

    Alternative forms

    * rip tide

    Noun

  • A particularly strong tidal current
  • A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore (the term rip tide used in this sense is a misnomer)
    • This beach suffers from a riptide that can easily sweep you out to sea.

    Synonyms

    * (strong flow of water away from the shore) rip current

    See also

    * undertow

    Anagrams

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