The difference between Flood and Swamp
When used as nouns, 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, whereas swamp means a piece of wet, spongy land.
When used as verbs, flood means to overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall, whereas swamp means to drench or fill with water.
check bellow for the other definitions of Flood and Swamp
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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.
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Swamp as a noun:
A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes.
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Swamp as a noun:
A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures who have adapted specifically to that environment.
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Swamp as a verb:
To drench or fill with water.
Examples:
"The boat was swamped in the storm."
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Swamp as a verb:
To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
Examples:
"I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system."
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Swamp as a verb (figurative):
To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.