spillage vs flow
flow vs spillagespillage and flow both are nouns.
spillage is not a verb while flow is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| spillage | Yes | No | No | No |
| flow | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
flow is a hypernym of
spillage; that is, flow is a
word with a broader meaning than spillage:
- spillage: the act of allowing a fluid to escape
- flow: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
Other hypernyms of spillage include
stream.
| spillage (noun) | flow (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of allowing a fluid to escape | the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression |
| the amount that has spilled | 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 |
| spillage (verb) | flow (verb) |
|---|---|
| undergo menstruation | |
| cover or swamp with water | |
| fall or flow in a certain way | |
| move along, of liquids | |
| move or progress freely as if in a stream | |
| cause to flow | |
| be abundantly present |
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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