EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Although both are sea waves, a tsunami and a tidal wave are two different and unrelated phenomena. A tidal wave is a shallow water wave caused by the gravitational interactions between the Sun, Moon, and Earth ("tidal wave” was used in earlier times to describe what we now call a tsunami.)

Detailed explanation-2: -tsunami, eagre, rogue wave, seiche, surface wave, tidal bore, white horses.

Detailed explanation-3: -tsunami, (Japanese: “harbour wave”) also called seismic sea wave or tidal wave, catastrophic ocean wave, usually caused by a submarine earthquake, an underwater or coastal landslide, or a volcanic eruption.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tsunamis are mistakenly called tidal waves because, when approaching land, they look as a tide which suddenly rushes away and crashes back in a form of a huge wave. It is a result of daily tides caused by imbalanced, gravitational influence of the Moon, Sun, and Planets. (hence the name).