The difference between Deluge and Flood
When used as nouns, deluge means a great flood or rain, whereas flood means a (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
When used as verbs, deluge means to flood with water, whereas flood means to overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
check bellow for the other definitions of Deluge and Flood
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Deluge as a noun:
A great flood or rain.
Examples:
"The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt."
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Deluge as a noun:
An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
Examples:
"The rock concert was a deluge of sound."
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Deluge as a noun:
(Military engineering) A damage control system on navy warships which is activated by excessive temperature within the Vertical Launching System.
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Deluge as a verb (transitive):
To flood with water.
Examples:
"Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours."
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Deluge as a verb (transitive):
To overwhelm.
Examples:
"After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information."
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Flood as a noun:
A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
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Flood as a noun (figuratively):
A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
Examples:
"a flood of complaints"
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Flood as a noun:
The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
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Flood as a noun:
A floodlight.
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Flood as a noun:
Menstrual discharge; menses.
Examples:
"rfquotek Harvey"
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Flood as a noun (obsolete):
Water as opposed to land.
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Flood as a verb:
To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
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Flood as a verb:
To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
Examples:
"The floor was flooded with beer."
"They flooded the room with sewage."
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Flood as a verb (figuratively):
To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
Examples:
"The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints."
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Flood as a verb (Internet, ambitransitive):
To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
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Flood as a verb:
To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.