debacle vs flood

flood vs debacle

debacle and flood both are nouns.

debacle is not a verb while flood is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
debacle	Yes	No	No	No
flood	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

debacle: flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
flood: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

Other hypernyms of debacle include alluvion, deluge, inundation.

debacle (noun)	flood (noun)
a sound defeat	the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
a sudden and violent collapse	a large flow
flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer	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

debacle (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

Difference between debacle and flood

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