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Outflow vs Inflow - What's the difference?

outflow | inflow | Antonyms |

Inflow is a antonym of outflow.



As nouns the difference between outflow and inflow

is that outflow is the process of flowing out while inflow is the act or process of flowing in or into.

As verbs the difference between outflow and inflow

is that outflow is to flow outward while inflow is to flow in.

outflow

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of flowing out
  • Synonyms

    * (process of flowing out) effluence, efflux, effluxion

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To flow outward.
  • inflow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of flowing in or into
  • Anything which flows in or into
  • The inflow of air
  • Influence.
  • *2000 , Sandra Marie Schneiders, Finding the Treasure :
  • But there is also "top down causality" in which the entire system, as a whole, is affected by the inflow or influence of pattern formation, or "information."
  • *2008 , Richard Calichman, Overcoming Modernity :
  • Broadly speaking, there are two cases in which a national culture is subjected to the sudden inflow or influence of a foreign culture: (1) when the former is conquered by the latter and (2) when it conquers the latter.
  • *2010 , Gabriel Ezutah, Trail of Immortality :
  • Open yourself completely to the inflow and influence of the music and light of God through daily practice of the spiritual exercises, which he gives to you.

    Synonyms

    * influx

    Antonyms

    * outflow * outflux

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To flow in.
  • (Wiseman)