flood vs tidy sum

tidy sum vs flood

flood and tidy sum both are nouns.

flood is a verb but tidy sum is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flood	Yes	No	Yes	No
tidy sum	Yes	No	No	No

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

flood: an overwhelming number or amount
tidy sum: (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, slew, spate, stack, wad.

flood (noun)	tidy sum (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)	tidy sum (verb)
cover with liquid, usually water
become filled to overflowing
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
supply with an excess of

Difference between flood and tidy sum

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