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Salvo vs Deluge - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between salvo and deluge

is that salvo is an exception; a reservation; an excuse while deluge is a great flood or rain.

As a verb deluge is

to flood with water.

As a proper noun Deluge is

the Biblical flood during the time of Noah.

salvo

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) salvo, ablative of salvus, the past participle of , either from salvo jure'' literally 'the right being reserved', or from ''salvo errore et omissone 'reserving error and omission'.

Noun

(en noun)
  • An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
    • They admit many salvos , cautions, and reservations. --Eikon Basilike.
    2006 MetaFilter community weblog Britannica's issued a salvo against Nature's famous "Wikipedia and the EB are comparably error-strewn" analysis.

    Etymology 2

    A 1719 alteration of salva'' (1591) "simultaneous discharge of guns," from (etyl) , imperative of salvere: "be in good health!," the usual Roman greeting, regarded as imperative of ''salvere "to be in good health,"

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
  • By extension, any volley, as in an argument or debate.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=It was an impressive opening salvo from the Baggies, especially for a side that have made a poor beginning to what has been an admittedly tough start to their campaign.}}
  • A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.

    • See also

    * the Salvos

    Anagrams

    * * English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    deluge

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A great flood or rain.
    • The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
  • An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
    • The rock concert was a deluge of sound.
  • * Milton
    • A fiery deluge fed / With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
  • * Lowell
    • The little bird sits at his door in the sun, / Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, / And lets his illumined being o'errun / With the deluge of summer it receives.
  • (Military engineering) A damage control system on navy warships which is activated by excessive temperature within the Vertical Launching System.
  • * NAVEDTRA 14324A
    • In the event of a restrained firing or canister overtemperature condition, the deluge system sprays cooling water within the canister until the overtemperature condition no longer exists.

    Verb

  • To flood with water.
  • To overwhelm.
    • After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.

    References

    * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

    See also

    * inundate ----