freshet vs flowing

freshet and flowing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
freshet	Yes	No	No	No
flowing	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, flowing is a hypernym of freshet; that is, flowing is a word with a broader meaning than freshet:

freshet: the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
flowing: the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

Other hypernyms of freshet include flow.

freshet (noun)	flowing (noun)
the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow	the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

freshet (adjective)	flowing (adjective)
	designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow