tide vs flood

tide and flood both are nouns.

tide and flood both are verbs.

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

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

tide: the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
flood: the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

Other hyponyms of tide include high tide, high water, highwater, low tide, low water, ebbtide, flood tide, rising tide, lee tide, leeward tide, slack tide, slack water.

tide (noun)	flood (noun)
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon	the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)	a large flow
there are usually two high and two low tides each day	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

tide (verb)	flood (verb)
rise or move forward	cover with liquid, usually water
be carried with the tide	become filled to overflowing
cause to float with the tide	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
	supply with an excess of

Difference between tide and flood

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