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Outpour vs Downpour - What's the difference?

outpour | downpour |

As nouns the difference between outpour and downpour

is that outpour is the act of pouring out while downpour is a heavy rain.

As verbs the difference between outpour and downpour

is that outpour is to pour out while downpour is to pour down; rain heavily.

outpour

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of pouring out.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pour out.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=
    • , year=1845 , author=Edgar Allan Poe , magazine=The American Review , volume=1 , date=February , passage=But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only / That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour . / Nothing farther then he uttered—not a feather then he fluttered— / Till I scarcely more than muttered, "Other friends have flown before— / On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before." / Quoth the raven, "Nevermore." }}

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    downpour

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a heavy rain
    • They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked.

    Synonyms

    * cloudburst * deluge * rain * rainstorm * storm * wet * torrent * monsoon * inundation

    Related terms

    * rain cats and dogs

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pour down; rain heavily.
  • * 2002 , Patricia Koretchuk, Chasing the comet: a Scottish-Canadian life - Page 211 :
    • 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)