The difference between Brook and Stream

When used as nouns, brook means a body of running water smaller than a river, whereas stream means a small river.

When used as verbs, brook means to use, whereas stream means to flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.

check bellow for the other definitions of Brook and Stream

  1. Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots):

    To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.

  2. Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To earn; deserve.

  3. Brook as a verb (transitive):

    To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).

    Examples:

    "I will not brook any disobedience.   I will brook no refusal.   I will brook no impertinence."

  1. Brook as a noun:

    A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

  2. Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent):

    A water meadow.

  3. Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent, in the plural):

    Low, marshy ground.

  1. Stream as a noun:

    A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.

  2. Stream as a noun:

    A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).

    Examples:

    "He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass."

  3. Stream as a noun:

    Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.

    Examples:

    "Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse."

  4. Stream as a noun (sciences, [[umbrella term]]):

    All moving waters.

  5. Stream as a noun (computing):

    A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

  6. Stream as a noun (figurative):

    A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.

    Examples:

    "Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture."

  7. Stream as a noun (UK, education):

    A division of a school year by perceived ability.

    Examples:

    "All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream."

  1. Stream as a verb (intransitive):

    To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.

  2. Stream as a verb:

    To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.

    Examples:

    "A flag streams in the wind."

  3. Stream as a verb (Internet):

    To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.

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