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Inundate vs Awash - What's the difference?

inundate | awash |

As a verb inundate

is to cover with large amounts of water; to flood.

As an adjective awash is

washed by the waves or tide; said of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc, when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

inundate

English

Verb

(inundat)
  • To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
    • The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army.
  • To overwhelm.
    • The agency was inundated with phone calls.

    Synonyms

    * (to cover with water) deluge, flood, beflood * (to overwhelm) deluge, flood, beflood

    Related terms

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    awash

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Washed by the waves or tide; said of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.
  • * 1904 , , The Sea-Wolf , ch. 39,
    • The deck was continually awash with the sea which came inboard over the rail and through the scuppers.
  • (by extension) Covered, overspread.
  • * 2005 , Chris Ramirez, 2nd find excites museum diggers," The Arizona Republic , 26 Aug,
    • The Valley landscape was more awash with greenery some 11,000 years ago.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Bulgaria 0-3 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Bulgaria's only attacking weapon was the wayward shooting of Martin Petrov, whereas England's attacking options were awash with movement in the shape of Rooney, Young and Walcott.}}