sluice vs stream

stream vs sluice

sluice and stream both are nouns.

sluice and stream both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sluice	Yes	No	Yes	No
stream	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, stream is a hypernym of sluice; that is, stream is a word with a broader meaning than sluice:

sluice: pour as if from a sluice
stream: rain heavily

Other hypernyms of sluice include pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs.

sluice (noun)	stream (noun)
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate	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

sluice (verb)	stream (verb)
irrigate with water from a sluice	exude profusely
draw through a sluice	flow freely and abundantly
transport in or send down a sluice	to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
pour as if from a sluice	move in large numbers
	rain heavily

Difference between sluice and stream

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