wad vs flood

wad and flood both are nouns.

wad and flood both are verbs.

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

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

wad: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
flood: an overwhelming number or amount

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

wad (noun)	flood (noun)
a wad of something chewable as tobacco	the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent	a large flow
a small mass of soft material	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

wad (verb)	flood (verb)
crowd or pack to capacity	cover with liquid, usually water
compress into a wad	become filled to overflowing
	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
	supply with an excess of

Difference between wad and flood

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