Puddle vs. Rain — What's the Difference?

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.

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.

A small pool of water, especially rainwater.

The condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops

A small pool of a liquid.

Rain falls

A tempered paste of wet clay and sand that serves as waterproofing when dry.

Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops.

To make muddy.

A fall of such water; a rainstorm.

To work (clay or sand) into a thick watertight paste.

The descent of such water.

To process (impure metal) by puddling.

Rainy weather.

To splash or dabble in or as if in a pool of liquid.

Rains A rainy season.

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

A heavy or abundant fall

Stagnant or polluted water.

To fall in drops of water from the clouds.

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

To fall like rain

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

To release rain.

To form a puddle.

To send or pour down.

To play or splash in a puddle.

To give abundantly; shower

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

Condensed water falling from a cloud.

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

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

To line a canal with puddle (clay).

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

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

(impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.

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

(intransitive) To fall as or like rain.

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

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

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

Reign.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

To make a dirty stir.

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

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

Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

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

Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

Something resembling a pool of liquid;

Anything happening rapidly or in quick successive;

Wade or dabble in a puddle;

Precipitate as rain;

Subject to puddling or form by puddling;

Dip into mud before planting;

Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

Mess around, as in a liquid or paste;

Make into a puddle;

Make a puddle by splashing water

Mix up or confuse;

Eliminate urine;