flow vs spill

flow

verb
  • To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood. 

  • To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb. 

  • To move as a fluid from one position to another. 

  • To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over. 

  • To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously. 

  • To hang loosely and wave. 

  • To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow. 

  • To allow (a liquid) to flow. 

  • To discharge excessive blood from the uterus. 

  • To proceed; to issue forth. 

  • To cover with varnish. 

noun
  • The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat. 

  • The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action. 

  • A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set. 

  • A morass or marsh. 

  • The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement. 

  • A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task. 

  • The movement of a real or figurative fluid. 

  • The emission of blood during menstruation. 

  • A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant). 

  • Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude. 

  • The rising movement of the tide. 

  • Smoothness or continuity. 

spill

verb
  • To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour. 

  • To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste. 

  • To drop something that was intended to be caught. 

  • To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election. 

  • To reveal information to an uninformed party. 

  • To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay. 

  • To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain. 

  • To come undone. 

  • To spread out or fall out, as above. 

  • To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed. 

noun
  • A fall or stumble. 

  • A metallic rod or pin. 

  • One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground. 

  • A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire. 

  • A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile. 

  • A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill. 

  • A mess of something that has been dropped. 

  • The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended. 

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