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water vs stream

stream vs water

water and stream both are nouns.

water and stream both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
water Yes No Yes No
stream Yes No Yes No
As nouns, stream is a hyponym of water; that is, stream is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than water:
  • water: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
  • stream: a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Other hyponyms of water include backwater, bay, embayment, channel, drink, estuary, flowage, crossing, ford, gulf, high sea, international waters, inlet, recess, lake, briny, main, mid-water, ocean, offing, polynya, pool, puddle, sea, seven seas, shallow, shoal, sound, watercourse, territorial waters, falls, waterfall, waterway.
water (noun) stream (noun)
a facility that provides a source of water the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
liquid excretory product something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm
water (verb) stream (verb)
secrete or form water, as tears or saliva exude profusely
supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams flow freely and abundantly
fill with tears to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
provide with water move in large numbers
rain heavily
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