Flood vs Swamp - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
- light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- an overwhelming number or amount
- a large flow
Definition as Noun
- a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
- low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
Definition as Verb
- cover with liquid, usually water
- become filled to overflowing
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
- supply with an excess of
Definition as Verb
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
- drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
Examples
- "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
- "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
- "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
- "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
- "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
- "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
- "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
- "he was trapped in a medical swamp"
- "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
- "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"