Flow vs. Influx — What's the Difference?

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

A flowing in

To issue in a stream; pour forth

A mass arrival or incoming

To circulate, as the blood in the body.

A flow inward or into something; a coming in.

To move with a continual shifting of component particles

That which flows or comes in.

To proceed steadily and easily

(obsolete) influence; power.

To exhibit a smooth or graceful continuity

The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light.

To hang loosely and gracefully

A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver.

To rise. Used of the tide.

Influence; power.

To arise; derive

The process of flowing in

To be abundant; teem

To move from one place to another in large numbers

To menstruate.

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

To release as a flow

To cause to flow

The act of flowing.

The smooth motion characteristic of fluids.

A stream or current.

A flood or overflow.

A residual mass that has stopped flowing

A continuous output or outpouring

A continuous movement or circulation

The amount that flows in a given period of time.

The rising of the tide.

Continuity and smoothness of appearance.

A general movement or tendency

The sequence in which operations are performed.

An apparent ease or effortlessness of performance

Menstrual discharge.

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

The movement of a real or figurative fluid.

(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 rising movement of the tide.

Smoothness or continuity.

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

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

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

The emission of blood during menstruation.

The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.

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

(Scotland) A morass or marsh.

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

(intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.

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

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

(intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.

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

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

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

(transitive) To cover with varnish.

(intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.

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.

To become liquid; to melt.

To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.

To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.

To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.

To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.

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

To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.

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

To cover with varnish.

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

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

Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream.

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

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

The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

The amount of fluid that flows in a given time

The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

Any uninterrupted stream or discharge

Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;

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

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

Move or progress freely as if in a stream;

Move along, of liquids;

Cause to flow;

Be abundantly present;

Fall or flow in a certain way;

Cover or swamp with water

Undergo menstruation;