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Outflow vs Outpour - What's the difference?

outflow | outpour |

As nouns the difference between outflow and outpour

is that outflow is the process of flowing out while outpour is the act of pouring out.

As verbs the difference between outflow and outpour

is that outflow is to flow outward while outpour is to pour out.

outflow

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of flowing out

    • Synonyms

    * (process of flowing out) effluence, efflux, effluxion

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To flow outward.

    • outpour

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of pouring out.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pour out.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=
    • , year=1845 , author=Edgar Allan Poe , magazine=The American Review , volume=1 , date=February , passage=But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only / That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour . / Nothing farther then he uttered—not a feather then he fluttered— / Till I scarcely more than muttered, "Other friends have flown before— / On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before." / Quoth the raven, "Nevermore." }}

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