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the Flood vs inundation

inundation vs the Flood

the Flood and inundation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
the Flood Yes No No No
inundation Yes No No No
As nouns, inundation is a hypernym of the Flood; that is, inundation is a word with a broader meaning than the Flood:
  • the Flood: (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
  • inundation: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
Other hypernyms of the Flood include alluvion, deluge, flood.
the Flood (noun) inundation (noun)
(Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
an overwhelming number or amount
Difference between the Flood and inundation

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