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Inrush vs Afflux - What's the difference?

inrush | afflux |

As nouns the difference between inrush and afflux

is that inrush is a crowding or flooding in while afflux is an upward rush of fluid.

As a verb inrush

is (obsolete) to rush in.

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.
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    • Synonyms

    * surge

    Derived terms

    * inrushing

    Verb

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

    afflux

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • an upward rush of fluid
  • * 1874 January 9, "Chemical News from Foreign Sources," Chemical News [http://books.google.com/books?id=jOUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA20-IA6&dq=affluxes&ei=oWrlRqH2I6HApgKCooX7AQ], page 26, of waterspouts:
    • The vis viva of these affluxes is employed almost wholly in turning the mass of intermediate gas..."
  • (hydrology) The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction.
  • * 2004 , Transportation Association of Canada, Guide to Bridge Hydraulics [http://books.google.com/books?id=WjMJvtV1PeEC&pg=PA66&ei=RGzlRpaYMIfmpwKN6ujLDg&sig=_iClxoFfAKCUkxC9KOHAOrQdspk], ISBN 0727732625, page 66 :
    • "Backwater due to the crossing as a whole should not be confused with local afflux at piers due to pileup of flow against the hydraulic stagnation point..."
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