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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

run/flow

Hello,
How would you differentiate between: "Blood ran/flowed from the wound on her leg."? Run sounds more severe (not as severe as stream), and she will probably lose some blood. Flow is neutral to me.
  

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I think perhaps 'flowed' sounds more serious to me. The term iis also more formal and even literary. In everyday casual English, we'd commonly say eg Her leg was bleeding.

— Clive

  • I think perhaps 'flowed' sounds more serious to me.
  • The term iis also more formal and even literary.
  • In everyday casual English, we'd commonly say eg Her leg was bleeding.
  • eg Her leg was bleeding a little / a lot..
  • Clive
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I think perhaps 'flowed' sounds more serious to me. The term iis also more formal and even literary.

In everyday casual English, we'd commonly say
eg Her leg was bleeding.
eg Her leg was bleeding a little / a lot..

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I am sorry for saying that "run" sounds more severe. I have never heard anyone use flow/run in everyday contexts. If it's really bad, I might say "Her leg was wounded profusely."
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Profusely is not correct here. It usually suggests 'a lot of something.
eg Her wound was bleeding profusely. (a lot of blood)

The words 'wound' and 'profusely' are rather uncommon in casual English.
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Would it sound better to say "She was bleeding profusely" then?
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Yes.
Or more casually, eg She was bleeding a lot.
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By the way Clive, I meant "The wound was bleeding profusely," not "She was wounded profusely"...The latter doesn't make any sense to me. I am sorry.
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