deluge vs the Flood
the Flood vs delugedeluge and the Flood both are nouns.
deluge is a verb but the Flood is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| deluge | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| the Flood | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
the Flood is a hyponym of
deluge; that is, the Flood 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
- the Flood: (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
Other hyponyms of deluge include
debacle, flash flood, flashflood, Noachian deluge, Noah's flood, Noah and the Flood.
| deluge (noun) | the Flood (noun) |
|---|---|
| a heavy rain | (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 rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | |
| an overwhelming number or amount |
| deluge (verb) | the Flood (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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