spill vs splash

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. 

splash

verb
  • To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter. 

  • To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently. 

  • To shoot down (an aircraft) over water. 

  • To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass. 

  • To spend (money). 

  • To roughly fill with color. 

  • To hit or expel liquid at. 

  • To stab (a person), causing them to bleed. 

  • To launch a ship. 

noun
  • A small amount (of color). 

  • The shooting down of an aircraft over water. 

  • An impact or impression. 

  • A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below. 

  • A small amount of liquid. 

  • A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid. 

  • A large, prominent headline or article. 

  • A splash screen. 

  • The bleeding caused by a knife wound. 

  • A knife. 

  • The sound made by an object hitting a liquid. 

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