flood vs stream

stream vs flood

flood and stream both are nouns.

flood and stream both are verbs.

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

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

flood: a large flow
stream: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

Other hypernyms of flood include flow.

flood (noun)	stream (noun)
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing	the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
a large flow	a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography	dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)	a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land	something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
an overwhelming number or amount

flood (verb)	stream (verb)
cover with liquid, usually water	exude profusely
become filled to overflowing	flow freely and abundantly
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid	to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
supply with an excess of	move in large numbers
	rain heavily

Difference between flood and stream

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