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Inundate vs Surrounding - What's the difference?

inundate | surrounding |

As verbs the difference between inundate and surrounding

is that inundate is to cover with large amounts of water; to flood while surrounding is .

As a noun surrounding is

outlaying area; area in proximity to something.

As an adjective surrounding is

which surrounds something.

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

    * (l) * (l)

    surrounding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • outlaying area; area in proximity to something
  • environment

    • Synonyms

    * periphery

    Adjective

    (-)
  • which surrounds something