Puddle vs. Rain — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Puddle and Rain
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Definitions
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