rain vs pour
pour vs rainrain is a noun but pour is not a noun.
rain and pour both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rain | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| pour | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
pour is a hyponym of
rain; that is, pour is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
rain:
- rain: precipitate as rain
- pour: rain heavily
Other hyponyms of rain include
drizzle, mizzle, shower, shower down, patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinkle, pelt, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream.
| rain (noun) | pour (noun) |
|---|---|
| anything happening rapidly or in quick successive | |
| water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere | |
| drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds |
| rain (verb) | pour (verb) |
|---|---|
| precipitate as rain | move in large numbers |
| flow in a spurt | |
| cause to run | |
| pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment | |
| supply in large amounts or quantities | |
| rain heavily |
Words related to "rain"
- chronological sequence
- chronological succession
- cloudburst
- come down
- deluge
- downfall
- downpour
- drizzle
- fall
- fresh water
- freshwater
- mizzle
- monsoon
- patter
- pelt
- pelter
- pelting
- pitter-patter
- pour
- precipitate
- precipitation
- rain buckets
- rain cats and dogs
- rain down
- rain shower
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rainstorm
- rainwater
- rainy
- sequence
- shower
- shower down
- soaker
- spatter
- spit
- sprinkle
- storm
- stream
- succession
- successiveness
- torrent
- waterspout
Words related to "pour"
- course
- crowd
- crowd together
- decant
- displace
- dribble
- drip
- drop
- effuse
- feed
- flow
- furnish
- gush
- move
- offer
- pelt
- pour
- pour down
- pour forth
- pour out
- provide
- pullulate
- pump
- rain
- rain buckets
- rain cats and dogs
- rain down
- regurgitate
- render
- run
- shed
- sheet
- sluice
- sluice down
- spill
- spill out
- spill over
- spirt
- spout
- spurt
- stream
- supply
- swarm
- teem
- transfuse
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