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Flooding vs Inrush - What's the difference?

flooding | inrush |

As verbs the difference between flooding and inrush

is that flooding is present participle of lang=en while inrush is to rush in.

As nouns the difference between flooding and inrush

is that flooding is an act of flooding; a flood or gush while inrush is a crowding or flooding in.

flooding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
  • * (Mark Twain)
    • And by the same token it was plain that there had also been a hundred and seventy-five floodings of the earth and depositings of limestone strata!

    inrush

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A crowding or flooding in.
  • *1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
  • *:As we swung around, the full force of the current caught us and drove the stern against the rocks; there was a thud which sent a tremor through the whole craft, and then a moment of nasty grinding as the steel hull scraped the rock wall. I expected momentarily the inrush of waters that would seal our doom; but presently from below came the welcome word that all was well.
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * surge

    Derived terms

    * inrushing

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To rush in.
    • (Holland)