tide vs flow

tide and flow both are nouns.

tide and flow both are verbs.

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

As verbs, flow is a hypernym of tide; that is, flow is a word with a broader meaning than tide:

tide: rise or move forward
flow: move along, of liquids

Other hypernyms of tide include course, feed, run.

tide (noun)	flow (noun)
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon	the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)	the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
there are usually two high and two low tides each day	dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
	any uninterrupted stream or discharge
	the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
	something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
	the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

tide (verb)	flow (verb)
rise or move forward	undergo menstruation
be carried with the tide	cover or swamp with water
cause to float with the tide	fall or flow in a certain way
	move along, of liquids
	move or progress freely as if in a stream
	cause to flow
	be abundantly present

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