flow vs cockle

flow and cockle both are nouns.

flow and cockle both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flow	Yes	No	Yes	No
cockle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cockle is a hyponym of flow; that is, cockle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than flow:

flow: move or progress freely as if in a stream
cockle: stir up (water) so as to form ripples

Other hyponyms of flow include riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate, transpirate, transpire.

flow (noun)	cockle (noun)
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression	common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)	common edible European bivalve
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
any uninterrupted stream or discharge
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

flow (verb)	cockle (verb)
undergo menstruation	to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
cover or swamp with water	stir up (water) so as to form ripples
fall or flow in a certain way
move along, of liquids
move or progress freely as if in a stream
cause to flow
be abundantly present

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