flood vs heap

flood and heap both are nouns.

flood and heap both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of flood include batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, 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)	heap (noun)
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing	a car that is old and unreliable
a large flow	a collection of objects laid on top of each other
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
an overwhelming number or amount

flood (verb)	heap (verb)
cover with liquid, usually water	fill to overflow
become filled to overflowing	arrange in stacks
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid	bestow in large quantities
supply with an excess of

Difference between flood and heap

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