moment vs flash
flash vs momentmoment and flash both are nouns.
moment is not an adjective while flash is an adjective.
moment is not a verb while flash is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| moment | Yes | No | No | No |
| flash | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As nouns,
flash is a hyponym of
moment; that is, flash is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
moment:
- moment: an indefinitely short time
- flash: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
Other hyponyms of moment include
blink of an eye, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink.
| moment (noun) | flash (noun) |
|---|---|
| having important effects or influence | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph |
| the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value | a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification |
| a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force) | a momentary brightness |
| a particular point in time | a sudden brilliant understanding |
| an indefinitely short time | a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story |
| at this time | a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate |
| a gaudy outward display | |
| a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | |
| a short vivid experience | |
| a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) |
| moment (adjective) | flash (adjective) |
|---|---|
| tastelessly showy |
| moment (verb) | flash (verb) |
|---|---|
| appear briefly | |
| emit a brief burst of light | |
| make known or cause to appear with great speed | |
| protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal | |
| run or move very quickly or hastily | |
| gleam or glow intermittently | |
| display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously | |
| expose or show briefly |
Words related to "moment"
- New York minute
- bit
- blink of an eye
- climax
- consequence
- culmination
- dipole moment
- eleventh hour
- flash
- force
- heartbeat
- hell to pay
- here and now
- import
- instant
- jiffy
- last minute
- matter
- minute
- mo
- moment of a couple
- moment of inertia
- moment of truth
- momentaneous
- momentary
- momentous
- nowadays
- pinpoint
- point
- point in time
- present
- present moment
- psychological moment
- second
- second moment
- significance
- split second
- statistic
- statistics
- time
- trice
- twinkling
- variance
- wink
Words related to "flash"
- Bengal light
- New York minute
- Very light
- Very-light
- appear
- belt along
- bit
- blink
- blink of an eye
- bluster
- brainstorm
- brainwave
- brassy
- bravado
- brightness
- buck
- bucket along
- bulletin
- cannonball along
- charge
- cheap
- convey
- coruscation
- cover
- dart
- dash
- display
- exhibit
- exhibitionism
- experience
- expose
- fanfare
- flare
- flash back
- flash bulb
- flash camera
- flash lamp
- flashbulb
- flasher
- flashgun
- flashing
- flashy
- flaunt
- flex
- flick
- flicker
- garish
- gaudy
- gimcrack
- gleam
- gleaming
- glimmer
- glint
- glitter
- happening
- hasten
- heartbeat
- heat flash
- hie
- hotfoot
- insight
- instant
- jiffy
- lamp
- lightning
- loud
- meretricious
- minute
- mo
- moment
- natural event
- news bulletin
- newsbreak
- newsflash
- occurrence
- occurrent
- ostentate
- ostentation
- patch
- pedantry
- pelt along
- photoflash
- photographic equipment
- plunge
- race
- radiate
- ritz
- rush
- rush along
- scoot
- scud
- second
- shoot
- shoot down
- show
- show off
- spark
- sparkle
- speed
- split second
- splurge
- star shell
- step on it
- streak
- swank
- tacky
- tasteless
- tatty
- tawdry
- tear
- trashy
- trice
- twinkle
- twinkling
- visual signal
- wink
- winkle
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