Fluid vs Flooded - What's the difference?
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(physics) Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
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(not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
In a state of flux; subject to change.
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, title= Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
(of an asset) Convertible into cash.
Filled with water from rain or rivers.
Filled with too much fluid.
(Hence): Overwhelmed with too much of something.
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As adjectives the difference between fluid and flooded
is that fluid is (not comparable) of or relating to fluid while flooded is filled with water from rain or rivers.As a noun fluid
is (physics) any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.As a verb flooded is
(flood).fluid
English
Noun
(wikipedia fluid)citation, passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid , which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}
Derived terms
* amber fluid * brake fluid * fluid mechanicsAdjective
(en adjective)Boundary problems, passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Our phones were flooded with calls after the controversial broadcast.