Feed vs Flow - What's the Difference?

Feed

Flow

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • food for domestic livestock
Definition as Noun
  • any uninterrupted stream or discharge
  • the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
  • the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
  • the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
  • the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
  • something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
  • dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
Definition as Verb
  • provide as food
  • feed into; supply
  • support or promote
  • serve as food for; be the food for
  • take in food; used of animals only
  • gratify
  • introduce continuously
  • provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
  • give food to
  • profit from in an exploitatory manner
  • move along, of liquids
Definition as Verb
  • cause to flow
  • be abundantly present
  • cover or swamp with water
  • move or progress freely as if in a stream
  • fall or flow in a certain way
  • undergo menstruation
  • move along, of liquids

Examples

  • "feed the guests the nuts"
  • "Her success feeds her vanity"
  • "His admiration fed her vanity"
  • "This dish feeds six"
  • "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
  • "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
  • "feed carrots into a food processor"
  • "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
  • "feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
  • "He feeds on her insecurity"
  • "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
  • "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle
  • "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
  • "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
  • "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
  • "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
  • "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
  • "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
  • "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
  • "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb