Show vs. Shower — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Show and Shower
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Show
To cause or allow to be seen; display
Showed us his tattoo.
Shower
A shower is a place in which a person bathes under a spray of typically warm or hot water. Indoors, there is a drain in the floor.
Show
To display for sale, in exhibition, or in competition
Showed her most recent paintings.
Shower
A brief fall of precipitation, such as rain, hail, or sleet.
Show
To permit access to (a house, for example) when offering for sale or rent.
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Shower
A fall of a group of objects, especially from the sky
A meteor shower.
A shower of leaves.
Show
To conduct; guide
Showed them to the table.
Shower
An abundant flow; an outpouring
A shower of praise.
Show
To direct one's attention to; point out
Showed them the city's historical sites.
Shower
A party held to honor and present gifts to someone
A bridal shower.
Show
To make evident or reveal (an emotion or condition, for example)
Showed displeasure at his remark.
A carpet that shows wear.
Shower
A bath in which the water is sprayed on the bather in fine streams from a showerhead, usually secured overhead
Take a shower.
Show
To reveal (oneself) as in one's behavior or condition
The old boat showed itself to be seaworthy.
Shower
The stall or tub in which such a bath is taken.
Show
To indicate; register
The altimeter showed that the plane was descending.
Shower
To throw or cause to fall in a shower
Showered confetti on the parade.
Show
To demonstrate by reasoning or procedure
Showed that the hypothesis was wrong.
A film that showed how to tune a piano.
Shower
To throw or cause small things or pieces to fall over
Showered the newlyweds with rice.
Show
To grant; bestow
Showed no mercy to the traitors.
Shower
To fall over or be thrown or projected at
The confetti showered the street.
Show
To be or become visible or evident
Concern showed in his face.
Shower
To give or bestow abundantly or liberally
Showered confetti on the parade.
Show
(Slang) To make an appearance; show up
Didn't show for her appointment.
Shower
To give something in great abundance to
Showered their children with affection.
Show
To be exhibited publicly
What's showing at the movie theater tonight?.
Shower
To wash oneself in a shower.
Show
To give a performance or present an exhibition
Which artist is showing in the gallery?.
Shower
To fall or pour down in a shower.
Show
(Sports) To finish third or better in a horserace or dog race.
Shower
To arrive or be given in abundance
Good wishes showered over us.
Show
A display; a manifestation
Made a show of strength.
Shower
One that shows
A shower of thoroughbred horses.
Show
To demonstrate to by reasoning or procedure; inform or prove to
Showed him how to fix the camera.
Showed her that it could really happen.
Shower
A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade).
Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.
Show
A trace or indication, as of oil in a well.
Shower
A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
Show
The discharge of bloody mucus from the vagina indicating the start of labor.
Shower
An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
Show
The first discharge of blood in menstruation.
Shower
A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
A shower of sparks;
A meteor shower;
A Gatorade shower
Show
A false appearance; a pretense
Only a show of kindness.
Shower
A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower?
Her church group has planned an adoption shower.
Show
A striking appearance or display; a spectacle.
Shower
A bridal shower.
The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.
Show
A pompous or ostentatious display.
Shower
A baby shower.
Her friends are throwing her a shower after her mom leaves.
Show
Display or outward appearance
This antique tea service is just for show. His smile was for show.
Shower
(juggling) A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
Show
A public exhibition or entertainment.
Shower
(obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
Show
An exposition for the display or demonstration of commercial products
An auto show.
Shower
A shower of shit.
Show
A usually competitive exhibition of domestic animals
Won first place at the cat show.
Shower
Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
Show
A radio or television program.
Shower
One who shows.
Show
A movie.
Shower
An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.
Show
A theatrical troupe or company.
Shower
(slang) A man whose penis is close to its full (erect) size when flaccid, or the penis itself.
Show
(Informal) An affair or undertaking
Ran the whole show.
Shower
(followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid).
Show
(Sports) Third place at the finish, as in a horserace.
Shower
To bathe using a shower.
Show
(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.
All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.
Shower
To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
Show
(transitive) To bestow; to confer.
Shower
(intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
Show
(transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
Shower
One who shows or exhibits.
Show
(transitive) To guide or escort.
Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.
They showed us in.
Shower
That which shows; a mirror.
Show
(intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
Your bald patch is starting to show.
At length, his gloom showed.
Shower
A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.
In drought or else showers.
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
Show
To put in an appearance; show up.
We waited for an hour, but they never showed.
Shower
That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.
With showers of stones he drives them far away.
Show
To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
Shower
A copious supply bestowed.
He and myselfHave travail'd in the great shower of your gifts.
Show
To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
Shower
To water with a shower; to t copiously with rain.
Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth.
Show
To reveal one's hand of cards.
Shower
To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in undance; to rain.
C sar's favor,That showers down greatness on his friends.
Show
(obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
Shower
To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.
Show
(countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
There were a thousand people at the show.
Shower
A plumbing fixture that sprays water over you;
They installed a shower in the bathroom
Show
(countable) An exhibition of items.
Art show;
Dog show
Shower
Washing yourself in a shower; you stand upright under water sprayed from a nozzle;
He took a shower after the game
Show
(countable) A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
Radio show;
Television show
They performed in the show.
I spotted my neighbour on the morning TV show.
Shower
A brief period of precipitation;
The game was interrupted by a brief shower
Show
(countable) A movie.
Let's catch a show.
Shower
A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower;
A little shower of rose petals
A sudden cascade of sparks
Show
An agricultural show.
I'm taking the kids to the show on Tuesday.
Shower
Someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
Show
A project or presentation.
Let's get on with the show.
Let's get this show on the road.
They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors.
It was Apple's usual dog and pony show.
Shower
A party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person;
Her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting
Show
(countable) A demonstration.
Show of force
Shower
Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns;
He was showered with praise
Show
(uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.
Shower
Spray or sprinkle with;
The guests showered rice on the couple
Show
Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
Shower
Take a shower; wash one's body in the shower;
You should shower after vigorous exercise
Show
The major leagues.
He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.
Shower
Rain abundantly;
Meteors showered down over half of Australia
Show
A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
Shower
Provide abundantly with;
He showered her with presents
Show
(archaic) Pretence.
Show
(archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
Show
(obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
Show
(obsolete) Plausibility.
Show
(medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
Show
A battle; local conflict.
Show
To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; - the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers).
Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest.
Nor want we skill or art from whence to raiseMagnificence; and what can heaven show more?
Show
To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
Shew them the way wherein they must walk.
If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away.
Show
Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.
Show
To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event.
I 'll show my duty by my timely care.
Show
To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.
Show
To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.
Just such she shows before a rising storm.
All round a hedge upshoots, and showsAt distance like a little wood.
Show
To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
My lord of York, it better showed with you.
Show
The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
Show
That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show.
As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows.
Show
Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
I envy none their pageantry and show.
Show
Semblance; likeness; appearance.
He through the midst unmarked,In show plebeian angel militantOf lowest order, passed.
Show
False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
Show
A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.
Show
A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.
Show
A public exhibition of entertainment;
A remarkable show of skill
Show
Something intended to communicate a particular impression;
Made a display of strength
A show of impatience
A good show of looking interested
Show
A public exhibition or entertainment;
They wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway
Show
Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression;
They try to keep up appearances
That ceremony is just for show
Show
Show or demonstrate something to an interested audience;
She shows her dogs frequently
We will demo the new software in Washington
Show
Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment;
The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound
The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture
Show
Provide evidence for;
The blood test showed that he was the father
Her behavior testified to her incompetence
Show
Make visible or noticeable;
She showed her talent for cooking
Show me your etchings, please
Show
Show in, or as in, a picture;
This scene depicts country life
The face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
Show
Give expression to;
She showed her disappointment
Show
Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively;
I showed the customer the glove section
He pointed to the empty parking space
He indicated his opponents
Show
Make clear and visible;
The article revealed the policies of the government
Show
Be or become visible or noticeable;
His good upbringing really shows
The dirty side will show
Show
Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;
The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
The gauge read `empty'
Show
Give evidence of, as of records;
The diary shows his distress that evening
Show
Show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums;
The usher showed us to our seats
Show
Finish third or better in a horse or dog race;
He bet $2 on number six to show
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