Run vs. Spill — What's the Difference?

To move swiftly on foot so that both or all feet are not on the ground during each stride.

To cause or allow (a substance) to run or fall out of a container.

To retreat rapidly; flee

To scatter (objects) from containment

(Informal) To depart; leave

To shed (blood).

To migrate, especially to move in a shoal in order to spawn. Used of fish.

To relieve the pressure of wind on (a sail).

To move without hindrance or restraint

To cause or allow (wind) to be lost from a sail.

To move or go quickly or hurriedly

To cause to fall

To go when in trouble or distress

(Informal) To disclose (something previously unknown); divulge

To make a short, quick trip or visit

To run or fall out of a container or containment.

To take part in a race or contest by running

To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily.

To compete in a race for elected office

To pour out or spread beyond limits

To finish a race or contest in a specified position

The act of spilling.

To move freely, as on wheels

An amount spilled.

To travel over a regular route

A fall, as from a horse.

(Nautical) To sail or steer before the wind or on an indicated course

A spillway.

To flow, especially in a steady stream

A piece of wood or rolled paper used to light a fire.

To melt and flow

A small peg or rod, especially one used as a plug; a spile.

To emit pus, mucus, or serous fluid

(transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.

To be wet or covered with a liquid

(intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.

To spread or dissolve, as dyes in fabric.

(transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.

To have dye spread or dissolve

To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.

To extend, stretch, or reach in a certain direction or to a particular point

To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.

To extend, spread, or climb as a result of growing

(transitive) To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.

To become known or prevalent rapidly in or over an area

To cause to be thrown from a mount, a carriage, etc.

To unravel along a line

To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.

To be valid or in effect, as in a given area

(nautical) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.

To be present as a valid accompaniment

To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.

To accumulate or accrue

(ambitransitive) To reveal information to an uninformed party.

To be in operation; function or work

(of a knot) To come undone.

To pass; elapse

(countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.

To tend to persist or recur

A fall or stumble.

To pass into or become subject to a specified condition

A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.

To take a particular form, order, or expression

A slender piece of anything.

To tend or incline

A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.

To occupy or exist in a certain range

A metallic rod or pin.

To be presented or performed

(mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.

To be published or broadcast, especially as news

(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

To travel over on foot at a pace faster than a walk

(obsolete) A small sum of money.

To cause (an animal) to move quickly or rapidly

(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.

To allow to move without restraint

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

To hunt or pursue; chase

A slender piece of anything.

To cause to move quickly

A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.

(Nautical) To cause to move on a course

A little sum of money.

To cause to be in a given condition

A metallic rod or pin.

To cause to compete in a race

A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc.

To present or nominate for elective office

One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.

To convey or transport

To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.

(Football) To attempt to advance (the ball) by carrying it.

To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.

To smuggle

To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste.

To pass over or through

To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; - applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour.

To cause to flow

To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood.

To be flowing with

To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.

To melt, fuse, or smelt (metal).

To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.

To mold or cast (molten metal)

To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted.

To cause to extend or pass

Liquid that is spilled;

To mark or trace on a surface

A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

To sew with a continuous line of stitches

The act of allowing a fluid to escape

To cause to unravel along a line

A sudden drop from an upright position;

To submit for consideration or review

Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container;

To continue to present or perform

Flow, run or fall out and become lost;

To publish in a periodical

Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over;

To cause to crash or collide

Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities;

To cause to penetrate

Reveal information;

To subject oneself or be subjected to

To have as an ongoing financial obligation

To be as a cost for; cost

To score (balls or points) consecutively in billiards

To clear (the table) in pool by consecutive scores.

To cause to function; operate

To control, manage, or direct

To do or carry out

(Computers) To process or execute (a program or instruction).

To compare (data) with data in a database or other storage medium

An act or period of running

A pace faster than a walk

A distance covered by running or traveling

The time taken to cover such a distance

A quick trip or visit

A scheduled or regular route

A straight course or short distance followed by an aircraft before dropping a bomb on a target.

A stretch or period of riding, as in a race or to the hounds.

(Sports) The distance a golf ball rolls after hitting the ground.

Unrestricted freedom or use of an area

(Sports) A running race

A campaign for public office

(Baseball) A point scored by advancing around the bases and reaching home plate safely.

(Football) A player's act of carrying the ball, usually for a specified distance

The migration of fish, especially in order to spawn.

A group or school of fish ascending a river in order to spawn.

A track or slope along or down which something can travel

A pipe or channel through which something flows.

(Sports) A particular type of passage down a hill or across country experienced by an athlete, such as a skier or bobsledder

A trail or way made or frequented by animals.

An outdoor enclosure for domestic animals or poultry

Australian & New Zealand A tract of open land used for raising livestock; a ranch.

A continuous length or extent of something

The direction, configuration, or lie of something

(Nautical) The immersed part of a ship's hull abaft of the middle body.

A length of torn or unraveled stitches in a knitted fabric.

(Geology) A vein or seam, as of ore or rock.

A continuous period of operation, especially of a machine or factory

The production achieved during such a period

(Computers) An execution of a specific program or instruction.

A movement or flow

The duration or amount of such a flow.

A drip of paint or a mark left by such a drip.

Eastern Lower Northern US See creek.

A fall or slide, as of sand or mud.

An unbroken series or sequence

(Games) A continuous sequence of playing cards in one suit.

An unbroken sequence or period of performances or presentations, as in the theater.

A successful sequence of actions, such as well-played shots or victories in a sport.

(Music) A rapid sequence of notes.

A series of unexpected and urgent demands, as by depositors or customers

A sustained state or condition

A trend or tendency

The average type, group, or category

Runs(Informal)Diarrhea. Often used with the.

Being in a melted or molten state

Completely exhausted from running.

To move swiftly.

(intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. Compare walk.

(intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.

(transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.

To compete in a race.

(transitive) To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace.

Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).

(transitive) To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting.

(intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.

To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.

(transitive) To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.

(intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.

To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.

To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.

(fluids) To flow.

(intransitive) Of a liquid, to flow.

To move or spread quickly.

(intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.

(transitive) To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.

(intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.

(intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).

To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.

To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.

(transitive) To control or manage, be in charge of.

(intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.

To make participate in certain kinds of competitions

(transitive) To make run in a race.

(transitive) To make run in an election.

To exert continuous activity; to proceed.

(intransitive) To be presented in the media.

(transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.

(transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).

To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.

To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.

(intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).

(intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).

(transitive) To make something extend in space.

(intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.

(transitive) To make a machine operate.

(transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.

To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.

(copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).

(transitive) To cost a large amount of money.

(intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.

To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.

To cause to enter; to thrust.

To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.

To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.

To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).

To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.

To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.

To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.

To control or have precedence in a card game.

To be in form thus, as a combination of words.

(archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.

To have growth or development.

To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.

To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.

To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).

(golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.

To speedrun.

Past participle of rin

Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.

Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) not necessarily on foot; dash or errand, trip.

A pleasure trip.

Flight, instance or period of fleeing.

Migration of fish.

A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.

A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:

A (regular) trip or route.

The route taken while running or skiing.

A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.

The distance sailed by a ship.

A voyage.

A trial.

The execution of a program or model

(video games) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.

Unrestricted use. have the run of.

An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.

Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.

State of being current; currency; popularity.

Continuous or sequential

A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.

A series of tries in a game that were successful.

A production quantity (such as in a factory).

The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.

(slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.

(card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.

(music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.

A flow of liquid; a leak.

A small creek or part thereof. Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.

A quick pace, faster than a walk.

(of horses) A fast gallop.

(banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.

Any sudden large demand for something.

Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces

The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.

The horizontal length of a set of stairs

(construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.

A standard or unexceptional group or category.

In sports

(baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.

(cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.

(American football) A running play.

(golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.

(golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.

The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.

A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.

(nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.

(mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.

A pair or set of millstones.

(speedrunning) Shortening of speedrun.

In a liquid state; melted or molten.

Cast in a mould.

Exhausted; depleted especially with "down" or "out".

Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.

Smuggled.

To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; - said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.

To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.

To flee, as from fear or danger.

To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold.

To steal off; to depart secretly.

To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.

Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body.

To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.

To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.

To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; - so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.

To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; - often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.

To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.

To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.

To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.

To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; - with on.

To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.

To be in form thus, as a combination of words.

To be popularly known; to be generally received.

To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.

To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.

To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.

To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land.

To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.

To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.

To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.

To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.

To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.

To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.

To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; - said of contraband or dutiable goods.

To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.

To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress.

To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below.

To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.

To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.

To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.

To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.

To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.

To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.

To migrate or move in schools; - said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.

To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.

The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.

A small stream; a brook; a creek.

That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.

A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.

State of being current; currency; popularity.

Continued repetition on the stage; - said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.

A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.

A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.

The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.

A pleasure excursion; a trip.

The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.

A roulade, or series of running tones.

The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.

The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; - said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.

In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one point; also, the point thus scored; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs; the Yankees scored three runs in the seventh inning.

A pair or set of millstones.

A number of cards of the same suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts.

The movement communicated to a golf ball by running.

Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.

Smuggled; as, run goods.

A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely;

The act of testing something;

A race run on foot;

An unbroken series of events;

(American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball;

A regular trip;

The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace;

The continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation;

Unrestricted freedom to use;

The production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.);

A small stream

A race between candidates for elective office;

A row of unravelled stitches;

The pouring forth of a fluid

An unbroken chronological sequence;

A short trip;

Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time;

Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run;

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point;

Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.;

Have a particular form;

Move along, of liquids;

Perform as expected when applied;

Change or be different within limits;

Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position;

Cause to emit recorded sounds;

Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way;

Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;

Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine;

Be operating, running or functioning;

Change from one state to another;

Cause to perform;

Be affected by; be subjected to;

Continue to exist;

Occur persistently;

Include as the content; broadcast or publicize;

Carry out;

Guide or pass over something;

Cause something to pass or lead somewhere;

Make without a miss

Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor

Cause an animal to move fast;

Be diffused;

Sail before the wind

Cover by running; run a certain distance;

Extend or continue for a certain period of time;

Set animals loose to graze

Keep company;

Run with the ball; in such sports as football

Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means;

Travel a route regularly;

Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals);

Compete in a race;

Progress by being changed;

Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating;

Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging;

Become undone;