flood vs flock

flood and flock both are nouns.

flood and flock both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flood	Yes	No	Yes	No
flock	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, flock is a hypernym of flood; that is, flock is a word with a broader meaning than flood:

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

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

flood (noun)	flock (noun)
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing	a group of birds
a large flow	a group of sheep or goats
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography	a church congregation guided by a pastor
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)	an orderly crowd
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

flood (verb)	flock (verb)
cover with liquid, usually water	come together as in a cluster or flock
become filled to overflowing	move as a crowd or in a group
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
supply with an excess of

Difference between flood and flock

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