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Tsunami vs Flooding - What's the difference?

tsunami | flooding |

As nouns the difference between tsunami and flooding

is that tsunami is a very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption while flooding is an act of flooding; a flood or gush.

As a verb flooding is

present participle of lang=en.

tsunami

English

Alternative forms

* sunami (nonstandard)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "tsunami")

    Synonyms

    * tidal wave (usage conflict)

    Derived terms

    * megatsunami * teletsunami * tsunamigenic * tsunameter

    See also

    * earthquake * flood * natural disaster * seaquake * seiche * tidal wave * waterquake

    External links

    *("tsunami" on Wikipedia) *(versity) *(comcatlite) English nouns with irregular plurals English words affected by prescriptivism ----

    flooding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
  • * (Mark Twain)
    • And by the same token it was plain that there had also been a hundred and seventy-five floodings of the earth and depositings of limestone strata!