deluge vs sight

sight vs deluge

deluge and sight both are nouns.

deluge and sight both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deluge	Yes	No	Yes	No
sight	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

deluge: an overwhelming number or amount
sight: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Other hypernyms of deluge include batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad.

deluge (noun)	sight (noun)
a heavy rain	the act of looking or seeing or observing
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land	the ability to see; the visual faculty
an overwhelming number or amount	an instance of visual perception
	the range of vision
	a range of mental vision
	a place of interest, especially to visitors
	anything that is seen
	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

deluge (verb)	sight (verb)
fill or cover completely, usually with water	catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
charge someone with too many tasks	take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

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