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Flooding vs Sinking - What's the difference?

flooding | sinking |

As verbs the difference between flooding and sinking

is that flooding is present participle of lang=en while sinking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between flooding and sinking

is that flooding is an act of flooding; a flood or gush while sinking is the act or process of sinking.

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!

    sinking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * like rats from a sinking ship

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of sinking.
    • I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore.
  • * 1857 , Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
    • We must endeavour to realize a succession of gradual sinkings or depressions into deep water, alternating with gradual emergings into shallows, and eventually a gradual continued lifting of the whole district