stream vs sluice

sluice vs stream

stream and sluice both are nouns.

stream and sluice both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of stream include sheet, sluice down.

stream (noun)	sluice (noun)
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression	conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
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

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

Difference between stream and sluice

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