rivulet vs stream
stream vs rivuletrivulet and stream both are nouns.
rivulet is not a verb while stream is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rivulet | Yes | No | No | No |
| stream | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
stream is a hypernym of
rivulet; that is, stream is a
word with a broader meaning than rivulet:
- rivulet: a small stream
- stream: a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Other hypernyms of rivulet include
watercourse.
| rivulet (noun) | stream (noun) |
|---|---|
| a small stream | the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression |
| a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | |
| dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | |
| a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth | |
| something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously |
| rivulet (verb) | stream (verb) |
|---|---|
| exude profusely | |
| flow freely and abundantly | |
| to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind | |
| move in large numbers | |
| rain heavily |
Words related to "stream"
- be adrift
- blow
- body of water
- branch
- brook
- course
- creek
- crossing
- crowd
- crowd together
- current
- drift
- eddy
- exudate
- exude
- feed
- float
- flood
- flow
- flowing
- ford
- headstream
- line
- maelstrom
- meander
- midstream
- motion
- move
- movement
- ocean current
- ooze
- ooze out
- outpouring
- overflow
- pelt
- pour
- pour out
- pullulate
- rain
- rain buckets
- rain cats and dogs
- rain down
- release
- rill
- rip current
- riptide
- river
- rivulet
- run
- runnel
- sheet
- sluice
- sluice down
- spill
- spill out
- spill over
- spillage
- spin
- streamlet
- swarm
- teem
- tidal current
- tidal flow
- tidal river
- tidal stream
- tidewater river
- tidewater stream
- torrent
- transude
- twist
- undercurrent
- undertide
- violent stream
- vortex
- water
- watercourse
- well out
- whirlpool
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