Flux vs Spurt - What's the difference?
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The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
* Arbuthnot
A state of ongoing change.
* Trench
* Felton
A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
(physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity) through a given surface, specifically electric flux, magnetic flux.
(archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
(archaic) diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body
The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
To use flux.
To melt.
To flow as a liquid.
Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
* a'' 1677 , (Isaac Barrow), "On Contentment", Sermon XL, in ''The Theological Works , Volume 2, Clarendon Press, 1818,
To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
* Alexander Pope
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
* T. Hughes
(slang) Ejaculation of semen. (rfex)
(obsolete) A shoot; a bud.
Flux is a related term of spurt.
As verbs the difference between flux and spurt
is that flux is to use flux while spurt is .As a noun flux
is the act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.As an adjective flux
is flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.flux
English
(wikipedia flux)Noun
(es)- By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body.
- The schedule is in flux at the moment.
- Her image has escaped the flux of things, / And that same infant beauty that she wore / Is fixed upon her now forevermore.
- Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux .
- It is important to use flux when soldering or oxides on the metal will prevent a good bond.
- That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.
Antonyms
* (state of ongoing change) stasisDerived terms
* black flux * electric flux * fluxlike * luminous flux * magnetic flux * white fluxVerb
- You have to flux the joint before soldering.
Adjective
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- The flux nature of all things here.
spurt
English
Verb
(en verb)- Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, / Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.
- With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?
- ''The bullion market spurted on Thursday.
- ''The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.
Synonyms
* spirt * spoutNoun
(en noun)- a spurt of water; a spurt of blood
- The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.
- The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt .
- (Holland)