pelt vs rain

pelt and rain both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of pelt include rain down.

pelt (noun)	rain (noun)
body covering of a living animal	anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal	water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
	drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

pelt (verb)	rain (verb)
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles	precipitate as rain
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
rain heavily