Downpour vs Current - What's the difference?
downpour | current | Related terms |
To pour down; rain heavily.
* 2002 , Patricia Koretchuk, Chasing the comet: a Scottish-Canadian life - Page 211 :
The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction.
(electricity) The time rate of flow of electric charge.
:* Symbol': '''''I (inclined upper case letter "I")
:* Units:
:: SI: ampere (A)
:: CGS: esu/second (esu/s)
A tendency or a course of events.
Existing or occurring at the moment.
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, title= Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.
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, title= (obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.
* Gower
* Tennyson
Downpour is a related term of current.
As nouns the difference between downpour and current
is that downpour is a heavy rain while current is the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction.As a verb downpour
is to pour down; rain heavily.As an adjective current is
existing or occurring at the moment.downpour
English
Synonyms
* cloudburst * deluge * rain * rainstorm * storm * wet * torrent * monsoon * inundationVerb
(en verb)- It started to downpour , so Billy and I made our way back to our house, with Scotty following—or so I thought.
Derived terms
* (l)current
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction ): flow, stream * (time rate of flow of electric charge ): electric current * (tendency or course of events ): flow, stream, tendencyDerived terms
* undercurrentAdjective
(en-adj)Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
- That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.
T time, passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them
- Like the current fire, that renneth / Upon a cord.
- To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.