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flood vs pile

pile vs flood

flood and pile both are nouns.

flood and pile both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
flood Yes No Yes No
pile Yes No Yes No
As nouns, pile is a hypernym of flood; that is, pile is a word with a broader meaning than flood:
  • flood: an overwhelming number or amount
  • pile: (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, peck, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad.
flood (noun) pile (noun)
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
a large flow battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
an overwhelming number or amount a collection of objects laid on top of each other
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
flood (verb) pile (verb)
cover with liquid, usually water arrange in stacks
become filled to overflowing place or lay as if in a pile
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid press tightly together or cram
supply with an excess of
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