deluge vs debacle
debacle vs delugedeluge and debacle both are nouns.
deluge is a verb but debacle is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| deluge | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| debacle | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
debacle is a hyponym of
deluge; that is, debacle is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
deluge:
- deluge: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- debacle: flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
Other hyponyms of deluge include
flash flood, flashflood, Noachian deluge, Noah's flood, Noah and the Flood, the Flood.
| deluge (noun) | debacle (noun) |
|---|---|
| a heavy rain | a sound defeat |
| the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | a sudden and violent collapse |
| an overwhelming number or amount | flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer |
| deluge (verb) | debacle (verb) |
|---|---|
| fill or cover completely, usually with water | |
| charge someone with too many tasks | |
| fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid |
Words related to "deluge"
- Noachian deluge
- Noah and the Flood
- Noah's flood
- alluvion
- batch
- burden
- charge
- cloudburst
- deal
- debacle
- downpour
- fill
- fill up
- flash flood
- flashflood
- flock
- flood
- flood out
- geological phenomenon
- good deal
- great deal
- hatful
- heap
- inundate
- inundation
- lot
- make full
- mass
- mess
- mickle
- mint
- mountain
- muckle
- overwhelm
- passel
- peck
- pelter
- pile
- plenty
- pot
- quite a little
- raft
- rain
- rainfall
- saddle
- sight
- slew
- soaker
- spate
- stack
- submerge
- swamp
- the Flood
- tidy sum
- torrent
- wad
- waterspout
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