Ebb vs. Flow

Ebb vs. Flow — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Ebb and Flow

Ebbnoun

The receding movement of the tide.

The boats will go out on the ebb.

Flownoun

A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts

Ebbnoun

A gradual decline.

Flownoun

The movement of a real or figurative fluid.

Ebbnoun

A low state; a state of depression.

Flownoun

(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.
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Ebbnoun

A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syn. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).

Flownoun

The rising movement of the tide.

Ebbverb

(intransitive) to flow back or recede

The tides ebbed at noon.

Flownoun

Smoothness or continuity.

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

Ebbverb

(intransitive) to fall away or decline

The dying man's strength ebbed away.

Flownoun

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

Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.
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Ebbverb

(intransitive) to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb

Flownoun

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

Ebbverb

(transitive) To cause to flow back.

Flownoun

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

Ebbadjective

low, shallow

Flownoun

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.

Ebbnoun

a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

Flownoun

The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.

The production on his new mixtape is mediocre but his flow is on point.

Ebbnoun

the outward flow of the tide

Flownoun

(Scotland) A morass or marsh.

Ebbverb

flow back or recede;

the tides ebbed at noon

Flowverb

(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.

Rivers flow from springs and lakes.Tears flow from the eyes.

Ebbverb

hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

Flowverb

(intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.

Wealth flows from industry and economy.

Ebbverb

fall away or decline;

The patient's strength ebbed away

Flowverb

(intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.

The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.

Flowverb

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

Flowverb

(intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.

a flowing mantle; flowing locks

Flowverb

(intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.

The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.

Flowverb

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

Flowverb

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

Flowverb

(transitive) To cover with varnish.

Flowverb

(intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.

Flownoun

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

Flownoun

the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

Flownoun

the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

Flownoun

any uninterrupted stream or discharge

Flownoun

something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;

a stream of people emptied from the terminalthe museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors

Flownoun

dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;

two streams of development run through American historystream of consciousnessthe flow of thoughtthe current of history

Flownoun

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;

the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruationa woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stoppedthe semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females

Flowverb

move or progress freely as if in a stream;

The crowd flowed out of the stadium

Flowverb

move along, of liquids;

Water flowed into the cavethe Missouri feeds into the Mississippi

Flowverb

cause to flow;

The artist flowed the washes on the paper

Flowverb

be abundantly present;

The champagne flowed at the wedding

Flowverb

fall or flow in a certain way;

This dress hangs wellHer long black hair flowed down her back

Flowverb

cover or swamp with water

Flowverb

undergo menstruation;

She started menstruating at the age of 11