flow vs wash

flow and wash both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of flow include lap, lave.

flow (noun)	wash (noun)
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression	any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)	the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas	garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
any uninterrupted stream or discharge	a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause	a thin coat of water-base paint
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously	the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
the amount of fluid that flows in a given time	the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
	the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

flow (verb)	wash (verb)
undergo menstruation	cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
cover or swamp with water	to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
fall or flow in a certain way	remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
move along, of liquids	make moist
move or progress freely as if in a stream	wash or flow against
cause to flow	form by erosion
be abundantly present	wash by removing particles
	cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
	separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
	clean with some chemical process
	apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
	move by or as if by water
	be capable of being washed
	admit to testing or proof