swamp vs flood

swamp and flood both are nouns.

swamp and flood both are verbs.

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

As verbs, swamp and flood are synonyms defined as:

swamp and flood: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

Other synonyms of swamp include deluge, inundate.

As verbs, flood is a hypernym of swamp; that is, flood is a word with a broader meaning than swamp:

swamp: drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
flood: cover with liquid, usually water

swamp (noun)	flood (noun)
low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog	the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables	a large flow
	light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
	the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
	the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
	an overwhelming number or amount

swamp (verb)	flood (verb)
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid	cover with liquid, usually water
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged	become filled to overflowing
	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
	supply with an excess of

Difference between swamp and flood

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