stream vs flood

flood vs stream

stream and flood both are nouns.

stream and flood both are verbs.

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

As nouns, flood is a hyponym of stream; that is, flood is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stream:

stream: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
flood: a large flow

Other hyponyms of stream include release, spill, spillage, outpouring, overflow.

stream (noun)	flood (noun)
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression	the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)	a large flow
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas	light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth	the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously	the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
	an overwhelming number or amount

stream (verb)	flood (verb)
exude profusely	cover with liquid, usually water
flow freely and abundantly	become filled to overflowing
to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
move in large numbers	supply with an excess of
rain heavily

Difference between stream and flood

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