pour vs flow
flow vs pourpour is not a noun while flow is a noun.
pour and flow both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pour | No | No | Yes | No |
| flow | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
flow is a hypernym of
pour; that is, flow is a
word with a broader meaning than pour:
- pour: flow in a spurt
- flow: move along, of liquids
| pour (noun) | flow (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression | |
| the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) | |
| 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 |
| pour (verb) | flow (verb) |
|---|---|
| move in large numbers | undergo menstruation |
| flow in a spurt | cover or swamp with water |
| cause to run | fall or flow in a certain way |
| pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment | move along, of liquids |
| supply in large amounts or quantities | move or progress freely as if in a stream |
| rain heavily | cause to flow |
| be abundantly present |
Words related to "pour"
- course
- crowd
- crowd together
- decant
- displace
- dribble
- drip
- drop
- effuse
- feed
- flow
- furnish
- gush
- move
- offer
- pelt
- pour
- pour down
- pour forth
- pour out
- provide
- pullulate
- pump
- rain
- rain buckets
- rain cats and dogs
- rain down
- regurgitate
- render
- run
- shed
- sheet
- sluice
- sluice down
- spill
- spill out
- spill over
- spirt
- spout
- spurt
- stream
- supply
- swarm
- teem
- transfuse
Words related to "flow"
- action
- activity
- air flow
- airflow
- airstream
- backflow
- backflowing
- backwash
- be
- bleed
- brim over
- cardiac output
- catamenia
- change of location
- circulate
- cockle
- course
- current
- discharge
- drain
- dribble
- drip
- drippage
- dripping
- ebb
- eddy
- effluence
- efflux
- emission
- exist
- expelling
- fall
- feed
- filling
- filter
- flood
- flow
- flow from
- flow of air
- flow rate
- flowage
- flowing
- flush
- flux
- fluxion
- fountain
- freshet
- gush
- gutter
- hang
- hemorrhage
- hypermenorrhea
- inflow
- influx
- jet
- lap
- lave
- line
- menorrhagia
- menses
- menstruate
- menstruation
- menstruum
- motion
- move
- movement
- natural action
- natural process
- oligomenorrhea
- ooze
- oozing
- outflow
- outpouring
- overflow
- overrun
- overspill
- ovulate
- period
- pour
- purl
- race
- rate
- rate of flow
- reflux
- release
- riffle
- ripple
- ruffle
- run
- run down
- run off
- run out
- run over
- runoff
- rush
- seep
- seepage
- sex
- sex activity
- sexual activity
- sexual practice
- shed blood
- slipstream
- spate
- spill
- spillage
- stream
- streamline flow
- surge
- swirl
- tide
- transpirate
- transpire
- travel
- trickle
- turbulent flow
- undulate
- upsurge
- wash
- waste
- well out
- well over
- whirl
- whirlpool
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