Permeated vs Flooded - What's the difference?
permeated | flooded |
(permeate)
To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.
To enter and spread through; to pervade.
A watery by-product of milk production.
Filled with water from rain or rivers.
Filled with too much fluid.
(Hence): Overwhelmed with too much of something.
(flood)
As verbs the difference between permeated and flooded
is that permeated is (permeate) while flooded is (flood).As an adjective flooded is
filled with water from rain or rivers.permeated
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(head)permeate
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(permeat)Noun
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* * ----flooded
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Our phones were flooded with calls after the controversial broadcast.