Difference between Peak and Flush

What is the difference between Peak and Flush?

Peak as a verb is to reach a highest degree or maximum. while Flush as a verb is to cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.

Peak

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To reach a highest degree or maximum.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. For sine waves, the point at which the value of y is at its maximum.

Example sentence: I was 19 or 20 when The Beatles were at their peak, and I was coming up to the peak of my career, too. I was also the first footballer to have long hair, and that's how I got my nickname 'the Fifth Beatle.'

Flush

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cleansing with plenty of fluid.Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.wealthy or well off.Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water.To cause to take flight from concealment.To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance.To take suddenly to flight, esp. from cover.(Toilets only) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.(Computer Science) To clear a buffer of its contents.

Example sentence: Every time someone uses a bathroom and they flush, all the bacteria is shot into the air.

We hope you now know whether to use Peak or Flush in your sentence.

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