Stream vs. Beck: What's the Difference?

A flow of water in a channel or bed, as a brook, rivulet, or small river.

A gesture of beckoning or summons.

A steady current in such a flow of water.

A small brook; a creek.

A steady current of a fluid.

A stream or small river.

A large amount or number moving or occurring in steady succession

A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.

A trend, course, or drift, as of opinion, thought, or history.

A vat.

A beam or ray of light.

Obsolete form of beak

Chiefly British A course of study to which students are tracked.

(archaic) To nod or motion with the head.

(Computers) A steady flow of data.

See Beak.

To flow in a stream or current.

A small brook.

To pour forth or give off a stream; flow

A vat. See Back.

To move or arrive in large numbers; pour

A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.

To extend, wave, or float outward

To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.

To leave a continuous trail of light.

To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.

To give forth a continuous stream of light rays or beams; shine.

A beckoning gesture

To emit, discharge, or exude (a body fluid, for example).

(Computers) To transmit or receive (audio or video content), especially over the internet, in small, sequential packets that permit the content to be played continuously as it is being received and without saving it to a hard disk.

A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.

A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).

Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.

All moving waters.

(computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

(figurative) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.

A division of a school year by perceived ability.

A live stream.

(intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.

(intransitive) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.

(transitive) To discharge in a stream.

(Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.

A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.

A beam or ray of light.

Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand.

A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather.

Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.

To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes.

To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.

To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.

To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.

To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.

To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.

To unfurl.

A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

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

A steady flow (usually from natural causes);

The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;

To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind;

Exude profusely;

Move in large numbers;

Rain heavily;

Flow freely and abundantly;