patter vs rain

patter and rain both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
patter	Yes	No	Yes	No
rain	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, rain is a hypernym of patter; that is, rain is a word with a broader meaning than patter:

Other hypernyms of patter include rain down.

patter (noun)	rain (noun)
plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)	anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
a quick succession of light rapid sounds	water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
	drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

patter (verb)	rain (verb)
make light, rapid and repeated sounds	precipitate as rain
rain gently