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Difference Between Flow and Pervading

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Flow

To move or run smoothly with unbroken continuity, as in the manner characteristic of a fluid.

Pervading

To be present throughout; permeate
The sweet scent of gardenias pervaded the house. A sense of fear and mistrust pervades the novel.

Flow

To issue in a stream; pour forth
Sap flowed from the gash in the tree.

Pervading

Present participle of pervade

Flow

To circulate, as the blood in the body.
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Pervading

Spread throughout;
A pervasive anxiety overshadows the triumphs of individuals

Flow

To move with a continual shifting of component particles
Wheat flowing into the bin.
Traffic flowing through the tunnel.

Flow

To proceed steadily and easily
The preparations flowed smoothly.

Flow

To exhibit a smooth or graceful continuity
The poem's cadence flowed gracefully.

Flow

To hang loosely and gracefully
The cape flowed from his shoulders.
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Flow

To rise. Used of the tide.

Flow

To arise; derive
Many conclusions flow from this hypothesis.

Flow

To be abundant; teem
Coffers flowing with treasure.
Wine flowing at the celebration.

Flow

To move from one place to another in large numbers
Contributions flowed in from all parts of the country.

Flow

To menstruate.

Flow

To undergo plastic deformation without cracking or breaking. Used of rocks, metals, or minerals.

Flow

To release as a flow
Trees flowing thin sap.

Flow

To cause to flow
"One of the real keys to success is developing a system where you can flow traffic to yourselves" (Marc Klee).

Flow

The act of flowing.

Flow

The smooth motion characteristic of fluids.

Flow

A stream or current.

Flow

A flood or overflow.

Flow

A residual mass that has stopped flowing
A hardened lava flow.

Flow

A continuous output or outpouring
A flow of ideas.
Produced a steady flow of stories.

Flow

A continuous movement or circulation
The flow of traffic.
A flow of paperwork across his desk.

Flow

The amount that flows in a given period of time.

Flow

The rising of the tide.

Flow

Continuity and smoothness of appearance.

Flow

A general movement or tendency
A dissenter who went against the flow of opinion.

Flow

The sequence in which operations are performed.

Flow

An apparent ease or effortlessness of performance
"An athlete must learn to forget the details of his or her training to achieve the instinctive sense of flow that characterizes a champion" (Frederick Turner).

Flow

Menstrual discharge.

Flow

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

Flow

The movement of a real or figurative fluid.

Flow

(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.

Flow

The rising movement of the tide.

Flow

Smoothness or continuity.
The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.

Flow

The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.
Other devices measure water flow in streams fed by melted ice.

Flow

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

Flow

(psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.

Flow

The emission of blood during menstruation.
Tampons can be small or large, slender or thick. From “slender” to “super”, you can pick the size that matches your flow.

Flow

The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
The production on his new mixtape is mediocre but his flow is on point.

Flow

(software) The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action.
Login flow
Search flow

Flow

(Scotland) A morass or marsh.

Flow

(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
Tears flow from the eyes.

Flow

(intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.
Wealth flows from industry and economy.

Flow

(intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.

Flow

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

Flow

(intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
A flowing mantle; flowing locks

Flow

(intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.

Flow

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

Flow

(transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.

Flow

(transitive) To cover with varnish.

Flow

(intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.

Flow

To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and lakes; tears flow from the eyes.

Flow

To become liquid; to melt.
The mountains flowed down at thy presence.

Flow

To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.
Those thousand decencies that daily flowFrom all her words and actions.

Flow

To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.
Virgil is sweet and flowingin his hexameters.

Flow

To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.
In that day . . . the hills shall flow with milk.
The exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl.

Flow

To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.
The imperial purple flowing in his train.

Flow

To rise, as the tide; - opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
The river hath thrice flowed, no ebb between.

Flow

To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.

Flow

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

Flow

To cover with varnish.

Flow

A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.

Flow

A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.

Flow

Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream.
The feast of reason and the flow of soul.

Flow

The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.

Flow

A low-lying piece of watery land; - called also flow moss and flow bog.

Flow

The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

Flow

The amount of fluid that flows in a given time

Flow

The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

Flow

Any uninterrupted stream or discharge

Flow

Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;
A stream of people emptied from the terminal
The museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors

Flow

Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;
Two streams of development run through American history
Stream of consciousness
The flow of thought
The current of history

Flow

The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;
The women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation
A woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped
The semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females

Flow

Move or progress freely as if in a stream;
The crowd flowed out of the stadium

Flow

Move along, of liquids;
Water flowed into the cave
The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi

Flow

Cause to flow;
The artist flowed the washes on the paper

Flow

Be abundantly present;
The champagne flowed at the wedding

Flow

Fall or flow in a certain way;
This dress hangs well
Her long black hair flowed down her back

Flow

Cover or swamp with water

Flow

Undergo menstruation;
She started menstruating at the age of 11

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