crosscurrent

• crosscurrent

crosscurrent

Noun

a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

Synonyms:

• rip
• riptide
• tide rip
• crosscurrent
• countercurrent

Noun

actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference"

Synonyms:

• countercurrent
• crosscurrent