Torrent vs. Trickle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Torrent and Trickle
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Torrent
A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid
After the rains, the stream becomes a raging torrent
Rain poured down in torrents
Trickle
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Torrent
A turbulent, swift-flowing stream.
Trickle
To flow or fall in drops or in a thin stream.
Torrent
A heavy downpour; a deluge.
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Trickle
To move or proceed slowly or bit by bit
The audience trickled in.
Torrent
A heavy, uncontrolled flow
A torrent of insults.
Torrents of information.
Trickle
To cause to trickle.
Torrent
A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
Rain fell on the hills in torrents.
A torrent of green and white water broke over the hull of the sail-boat.
Trickle
The act or condition of trickling.
Torrent
(figuratively) A large amount or stream of something.
They endured a torrent of inquiries.
Trickle
A slow, small, or irregular quantity that moves, proceeds, or occurs intermittently.
Torrent
A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.
I got a torrent of the complete works of Shakespeare the other day; I'm not sure why.
Trickle
A very thin river.
The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.
Torrent
Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
Trickle
A very thin flow; the act of trickling.
The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.
Torrent
To download in a torrent.
The video rental place didn't have the film I was after, but I managed to torrent it.
Trickle
(transitive) to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.
The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.
Torrent
A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
The roaring torrent is deep and wide.
Trickle
(intransitive) to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.
Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.
The film was so bad that people trickled out of the cinema before its end.
Torrent
Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.
At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . .Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age.
Trickle
(intransitive) To move or roll slowly.
Torrent
Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
Trickle
To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.
His salt tears trickled down as rain.
Fast beside there trickled softly downA gentle stream.
Torrent
A heavy rain
Trickle
The act or state of trickling; also, that which trickles; a small stream; drip.
Streams that . . . are short and rapid torrents after a storm, but at other times dwindle to feeble trickles of mud.
Torrent
A violently fast stream of water (or other liquid);
The houses were swept away in the torrent
Trickle
Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid;
There's a drip through the roof
Torrent
An overwhelming number or amount;
A flood of requests
A torrent of abuse
Trickle
Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream;
Water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose
Reports began to dribble in
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