Inrush vs Onrush - What's the difference?
inrush | onrush |
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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(obsolete) To rush in.
As nouns the difference between inrush and onrush
is that inrush is a crowding or flooding in while onrush is a forceful rush or flow forward.As a verb inrush
is to rush in.inrush
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* surgeDerived terms
* inrushingVerb
- (Holland)