Puddle vs. Rain

Puddlenoun

A small pool of water, usually on a path or road.

Rainnoun

Condensed water falling from a cloud.

‘We've been having a lot of rain lately.’; ‘The rains came late that year.’;

Puddlenoun

Stagnant or polluted water.

Rainnoun

(figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.

Puddlenoun

A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.

Rainnoun

(figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

‘A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.’;

Puddlenoun

(rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.

Rainverb

(impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.

‘It will rain today.’;

Puddleverb

To form a puddle.

Rainverb

(intransitive) To fall as or like rain.

‘It will rain fire and brimstone at the end of days.’; ‘Tears rained from her eyes.’; ‘Leaves rained from the tree.’; ‘Bombs rained from the sky.’;

Puddleverb

To play or splash in a puddle.

Rainverb

(transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.

‘The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.’;

Puddleverb

(entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.

Rainverb

(obsolete) To reign.

Puddleverb

To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.

Rainnoun

Reign.

Puddleverb

To line a canal with puddle (clay).

Rainnoun

Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.

‘Rain is water by the heat of the sun divided into very small parts ascending in the air, till, encountering the cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in drops.’; ‘Fair days have oft contracted wind and rain.’;

Puddleverb

To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.

Rainverb

To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; - used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains.

‘The rain it raineth every day.’;

Puddleverb

To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.

Rainverb

To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.

Puddleverb

To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

Rainverb

To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.

‘Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you.’;

Puddlenoun

A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.

Rainverb

To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.

Puddlenoun

Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.

Rainnoun

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

Puddleverb

To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

‘Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit.’;

Rainnoun

drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

Puddleverb

To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.

Rainnoun

anything happening rapidly or in quick successive;

‘a rain of bullets’; ‘a pelting of insults’;

Puddleverb

To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron.

Rainverb

precipitate as rain;

‘If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding’;

Puddleverb

To make a dirty stir.

Rainnoun

the condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops

‘it's pouring with rain’; ‘the rain had not stopped for days’;

Puddlenoun

a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry

Rainnoun

falls of rain

‘the plants were washed away by unusually heavy rains’;

Puddlenoun

a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;

‘there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain’; ‘the body lay in a pool of blood’;

Rainnoun

a large or overwhelming quantity of things that fall or descend

‘he fell under the rain of blows’;

Puddlenoun

something resembling a pool of liquid;

‘he stood in a pool of light’; ‘his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines’;

Rainverb

rain falls

‘it was beginning to rain’;

Puddleverb

wade or dabble in a puddle;

‘The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard’;

Rainverb

(of the sky, the clouds, etc.) send down rain

‘the low sky raining over tower'd Camelot’;

Puddleverb

subject to puddling or form by puddling;

‘puddle iron’;

Rainverb

fall or cause to fall in large or overwhelming quantities

‘bombs rained down’; ‘she rained blows on to him’;

Puddleverb

dip into mud before planting;

‘puddle young plants’;

Rainverb

used to convey that a specified thing is falling in large quantities

‘it was just raining glass’;

Puddleverb

work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

Rain

Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then become heavy enough to fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth.

Puddleverb

mess around, as in a liquid or paste;

‘The children are having fun puddling in paint’;

Puddleverb

make into a puddle;

‘puddled mire’;

Puddleverb

make a puddle by splashing water

Puddleverb

mix up or confuse;

‘He muddled the issues’;

Puddleverb

eliminate urine;

‘Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug’;

Puddle

A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface. It can form either by pooling in a depression on the surface, or by surface tension upon a flat surface.