different between flooding vs inrush

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?d??/

Verb

flooding

1. present participle of flood

Noun

flooding (plural floodings)

1. An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
   • 1875, Mark Twain, Some Learned Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls

     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!

2. (psychology, figuratively) Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.

Derived terms

• flash flooding

Translations

English

Etymology

in- +? rush

Noun

inrush (plural inrushes)

1. A crowding or flooding in.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV

     As we swung around, the full force of the current caught us and drove the stern against the rocks; there was a thud which sent a tremor through the whole craft, and then a moment of nasty grinding as the steel hull scraped the rock wall. I expected momentarily the inrush of waters that would seal our doom; but presently from below came the welcome word that all was well.
2. The initial flow of electricity into a component when it is switched on.

Synonyms

• surge

Derived terms

• inrushing

Translations

Verb

inrush (third-person singular simple present inrushes, present participle inrushing, simple past and past participle inrushed)

1. (obsolete) To rush in.

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Anagrams

• Rushin, runish, rush in