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Outpouring vs Flux - What's the difference?

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Outpouring is a related term of flux.


As nouns the difference between outpouring and flux

is that outpouring is the sudden flowing of a large amount of something while flux is the act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.

As a verb flux is

to use flux.

As an adjective flux is

flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

outpouring

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sudden flowing of a large amount of something.
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • The protests rank among the largest outpourings of dissent since the nation’s military dictatorship ended in 1985.
  • * 2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
    • Great Britain has collected its first gold medal of the London Games after Heather Stanning and Helen Glover won the coxless pairs with a stunning performance that will spark a mass outpouring of celebration and relief across the country.

    flux

    English

    (wikipedia flux)

    Noun

    (es)
  • The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body.
  • A state of ongoing change.
    • The schedule is in flux at the moment.
  • * Trench
    • Her image has escaped the flux of things, / And that same infant beauty that she wore / Is fixed upon her now forevermore.
  • * Felton
    • Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux .
  • A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
    • It is important to use flux when soldering or oxides on the metal will prevent a good bond.
  • (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity) through a given surface, specifically electric flux, magnetic flux.
    • That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.
  • (archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
  • (archaic) diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body
  • The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.

    • Antonyms

    * (state of ongoing change) stasis

    Derived terms

    * black flux * electric flux * fluxlike * luminous flux * magnetic flux * white flux

    Verb

  • To use flux.
    • You have to flux the joint before soldering.
  • To melt.
  • To flow as a liquid.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
  • * a'' 1677 , (Isaac Barrow), "On Contentment", Sermon XL, in ''The Theological Works , Volume 2, Clarendon Press, 1818, page 375
    • The flux nature of all things here.

    Related terms

    * fluctuant ----