Flows vs Circulates - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between flows and circulates

is that flows is (flow) while circulates is .

is .

(head)

(head)

(flow)

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(head)

(circulate)

(circulat)

to move in circles or through a circuit

to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit

to move from person to person, as at a party

to spread or disseminate

to circulate money or gossip

to become widely known

* put about * spread * disseminate

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