flood vs peck

flood and peck both are nouns.

flood and peck both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

flood (noun)	peck (noun)
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing	a light kiss
a large flow	bite by a bird
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)	a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land	a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
an overwhelming number or amount

flood (verb)	peck (verb)
cover with liquid, usually water	bother persistently with trivial complaints
become filled to overflowing	eat by pecking at, like a bird
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid	eat like a bird
supply with an excess of	kiss lightly
	hit lightly with a picking motion

Difference between flood and peck

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