wad vs deluge

wad and deluge both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wad	Yes	No	Yes	No
deluge	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of wad include flood, inundation, torrent, haymow.

wad (noun)	deluge (noun)
a wad of something chewable as tobacco	a heavy rain
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent	the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
a small mass of soft material	an overwhelming number or amount

wad (verb)	deluge (verb)
crowd or pack to capacity	fill or cover completely, usually with water
compress into a wad	charge someone with too many tasks
	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid