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Downpour vs Strom - What's the difference?

downpour | strom |

As nouns the difference between downpour and strom

is that downpour is a heavy rain while strom is electric current, electricity.

As a verb downpour

is to pour down; rain heavily.

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

    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)

    strom

    Not English

    Strom has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'strom':

    storm, stream, strum, stram, strim, stroam