Flow and Passage

Flow

Flow noun - The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases).

Passage is a synonym for flow in movement topic. In some cases you can use "Passage" instead a noun "Flow".

Nearby Words: flowing, flowed

Passage

Passage noun - Forward movement in time or place.
Usage example: a swift passage from mere liking to actual love

Flow is a synonym for passage in passing topic. Sometimes you can use "Flow" instead a noun "Passage", if it concerns topics such as movement, travel.

Nearby Words: pass, passed, passing, passageway, passaged

How words are described

old old flow old passage
full full flow full passage
long long flow long passage
normal normal flow normal passage
Other adjectives: natural, original, free, continuous, actual, entire, little, novel, dramatic, underground.

Both words in one sentence

  • Lower vowels are easier to sing (larger passage for air to flow through), especially at a high pitch or volume.
  • Music / Enya Bookends/Call Back: Initially, during the Schedule Slip between The Memory of Trees and A Day Without Rain, Enya's work was bookended by the songs "Orinoco Flow" and "On My Way Home"—both songs contain the same Gaelic passage, as a bridge in the first song and after the chorus in the second.
    Source: Music / Enya
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