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Difference Between Puddle and Rain

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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.

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.

Puddle

A small pool of water, especially rainwater.

Rain

The condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops
It's pouring with rain
The rain had not stopped for days

Puddle

A small pool of a liquid.

Rain

Rain falls
It was beginning to rain
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Puddle

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

Rain

Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops.

Puddle

To make muddy.

Rain

A fall of such water; a rainstorm.

Puddle

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

Rain

The descent of such water.
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Puddle

To process (impure metal) by puddling.

Rain

Rainy weather.

Puddle

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

Rain

Rains A rainy season.

Puddle

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

Rain

A heavy or abundant fall
A rain of fluffy cottonwood seeds.
A rain of insults.

Puddle

Stagnant or polluted water.

Rain

To fall in drops of water from the clouds.

Puddle

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

Rain

To fall like rain
Praise rained down on the composer.

Puddle

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

Rain

To release rain.

Puddle

To form a puddle.

Rain

To send or pour down.

Puddle

To play or splash in a puddle.

Rain

To give abundantly; shower
Rain gifts.
Rain curses upon their heads.

Puddle

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

Rain

Condensed water falling from a cloud.
We've been having a lot of rain lately.
The rains came late that year.

Puddle

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

Rain

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

Puddle

To line a canal with puddle (clay).

Rain

(figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.

Puddle

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

Rain

(impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
Judging by the black cloud, it will rain later today.

Puddle

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

Rain

(intransitive) To fall as or like rain.
Tears rained from her eyes.
Leaves rained from the tree.
Bombs rained from the sky.

Puddle

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

Rain

(transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.
The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.

Puddle

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

Rain

Reign.

Puddle

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

Rain

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.

Puddle

To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit.

Rain

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.

Puddle

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

Rain

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

Puddle

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.

Rain

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.

Puddle

To make a dirty stir.

Rain

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

Puddle

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

Rain

Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

Puddle

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

Rain

Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

Puddle

Something resembling a pool of liquid;
He stood in a pool of light
His chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines

Rain

Anything happening rapidly or in quick successive;
A rain of bullets
A pelting of insults

Puddle

Wade or dabble in a puddle;
The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard

Rain

Precipitate as rain;
If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding

Puddle

Subject to puddling or form by puddling;
Puddle iron

Puddle

Dip into mud before planting;
Puddle young plants

Puddle

Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

Puddle

Mess around, as in a liquid or paste;
The children are having fun puddling in paint

Puddle

Make into a puddle;
Puddled mire

Puddle

Make a puddle by splashing water

Puddle

Mix up or confuse;
He muddled the issues

Puddle

Eliminate urine;
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug

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