rainfall vs deluge
deluge vs rainfallrainfall and deluge both are nouns.
rainfall is not a verb while deluge is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rainfall | Yes | No | No | No |
| deluge | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
deluge is a hyponym of
rainfall; that is, deluge is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
rainfall:
- rainfall: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
- deluge: a heavy rain
Other hyponyms of rainfall include
monsoon, rainstorm, cloudburst, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout, drizzle, mizzle, rain shower, shower.
| rainfall (noun) | deluge (noun) |
|---|---|
| water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere | a heavy rain |
| the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | |
| an overwhelming number or amount |
| rainfall (verb) | deluge (verb) |
|---|---|
| fill or cover completely, usually with water | |
| charge someone with too many tasks | |
| fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid |
Words related to "rainfall"
Words related to "deluge"
- Noachian deluge
- Noah and the Flood
- Noah's flood
- alluvion
- batch
- burden
- charge
- cloudburst
- deal
- debacle
- downpour
- fill
- fill up
- flash flood
- flashflood
- flock
- flood
- flood out
- geological phenomenon
- good deal
- great deal
- hatful
- heap
- inundate
- inundation
- lot
- make full
- mass
- mess
- mickle
- mint
- mountain
- muckle
- overwhelm
- passel
- peck
- pelter
- pile
- plenty
- pot
- quite a little
- raft
- rain
- rainfall
- saddle
- sight
- slew
- soaker
- spate
- stack
- submerge
- swamp
- the Flood
- tidy sum
- torrent
- wad
- waterspout
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