flood vs slew

flood and slew both are nouns.

flood and slew both are verbs.

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

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

flood: an overwhelming number or amount
slew: (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, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad.

flood (noun)	slew (noun)
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a large flow
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
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)	slew (verb)
cover with liquid, usually water	turn sharply; change direction abruptly
become filled to overflowing	move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
supply with an excess of

Difference between flood and slew

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