Tide vs. Torrent

Tidenoun

The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.

Tidenoun

A stream, current or flood.

Tidenoun

Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.

Tidenoun

A time.

Tidenoun

A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier (found in compounds).

Tidenoun

(mining) The period of twelve hours.

Tidenoun

Something which changes like the tides of the sea.

Tidenoun

Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.

Tidenoun

(obsolete) Violent confluence

Tideverb

(transitive) To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.

Tideverb

(intransitive) To pour a tide or flood.

Tideverb

To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

Tideverb

To happen, occur.

Tidenoun

Time; period; season.

Tidenoun

The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon, their action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide, called the spring tide, as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter, the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon's attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual, called the neap tide.

Tidenoun

A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood.

Tidenoun

Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.

Tidenoun

Violent confluence.

Tidenoun

The period of twelve hours.

Tideverb

To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.

Tideverb

To betide; to happen.

Tideverb

To pour a tide or flood.

Tideverb

To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

Tidenoun

the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

Tidenoun

something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea);

Tidenoun

there are usually two high and two low tides each day

Tideverb

rise or move foward;

Tideverb

cause to float with the tide

Tideverb

be carried with the tide

Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth. Tide tables can be used for any given locale to find the predicted times and amplitude (or ).

Torrentnoun

A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

Torrentnoun

(figurative) A large amount or stream of something.

Torrentnoun

A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.

Torrentadjective

Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.

Torrentverb

To download in a torrent.

Torrentnoun

A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

Torrentnoun

Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.

Torrentadjective

Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.

Torrentnoun

a heavy rain

Torrentnoun

a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid);

Torrentnoun

an overwhelming number or amount;

Torrentnoun

a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid

Torrentnoun

an overwhelming outpouring of (something, typically words)