flow vs tide

flow and tide both are nouns.

flow and tide both are verbs.

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

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

flow: move along, of liquids
tide: rise or move forward

Other hyponyms of flow include flush, gush, jet, surge, circulate, eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool, run off, waste, run down, pour, run out, spill, stream, well out, dribble, filter, trickle, drain, run out, ooze, seep, gutter.

flow (noun)	tide (noun)
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression	the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)	something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas	there are usually two high and two low tides each day
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)	tide (verb)
undergo menstruation	rise or move forward
cover or swamp with water	be carried with the tide
fall or flow in a certain way	cause to float with the tide
move along, of liquids
move or progress freely as if in a stream
cause to flow
be abundantly present

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