deluge vs wad

deluge and wad both are nouns.

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

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

deluge (noun)	wad (noun)
a heavy rain	a wad of something chewable as tobacco
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
an overwhelming number or amount	a small mass of soft material

deluge (verb)	wad (verb)
fill or cover completely, usually with water	crowd or pack to capacity
charge someone with too many tasks	compress into a wad
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid