Brook vs. Stream — What's the Difference?

A small stream

A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. The flow of a stream is controlled by three inputs – surface water, subsurface water and groundwater.

Tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition)

A small, narrow river

See creek. See Note at run.

A continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas

To put up with; tolerate

A continuous flow of data or instructions, typically one having a constant or predictable rate.

To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.

A group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught.

To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.

(of liquid, air, gas, etc.) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction

To earn; deserve.

Transmit or receive (data, especially video and audio material) over the Internet as a steady, continuous flow.

A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

Put (schoolchildren) in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together.

A water meadow.

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

Low, marshy ground.

A steady current in such a flow of water.

A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.

A steady current of a fluid.

To use; to enjoy.

A large amount or number moving or occurring in steady succession

To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint.

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

To deserve; to earn.

A beam or ray of light.

A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river);

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

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant;

(Computers) A steady flow of data.

To flow in a stream or current.

To pour forth or give off a stream; flow

To move or arrive in large numbers; pour

To extend, wave, or float outward

To leave a continuous trail of light.

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

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;