Noachian deluge vs flood

flood vs Noachian deluge

Noachian deluge and flood both are nouns.

Noachian deluge is not a verb while flood is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Noachian deluge	Yes	No	No	No
flood	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, flood is a hypernym of Noachian deluge; that is, flood is a word with a broader meaning than Noachian deluge:

Noachian deluge: (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
flood: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

Other hypernyms of Noachian deluge include alluvion, deluge, inundation.

Noachian deluge (noun)	flood (noun)
(Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings	the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
	a large flow
	light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
	the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
	the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
	an overwhelming number or amount

Noachian deluge (verb)	flood (verb)
	cover with liquid, usually water
	become filled to overflowing
	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
	supply with an excess of

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