feed vs stream

feed and stream both are nouns.

feed and stream both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
feed	Yes	No	Yes	No
stream	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, stream is a hyponym of feed; that is, stream is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than feed:

feed: move along, of liquids
stream: flow freely and abundantly

Other hyponyms of feed include flush, gush, jet, surge, tide, circulate, eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool, run off, waste, run down, pour, run out, spill, well out, dribble, filter, trickle, drain, run out, ooze, seep, gutter.

feed (noun)	stream (noun)
food for domestic livestock	the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
	a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
	dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
	a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
	something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

feed (verb)	stream (verb)
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to	exude profusely
introduce continuously	flow freely and abundantly
take in food; used of animals only	to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
give food to	move in large numbers
serve as food for; be the food for	rain heavily
feed into; supply
provide as food
gratify
profit from in an exploitatory manner
move along, of liquids
support or promote

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