Oxygen vs Rain - What's the difference?
oxygen | rain |
A chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994.
Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (medicine) A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help him or her to breathe.
(countable) An atom of this element.
Condensed water falling from a cloud.
(figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
(figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
(impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
To fall as or like rain.
* Shakespeare
To fall in large quantities.
To issue (something) in large quantities.
As nouns the difference between oxygen and rain
is that oxygen is a chemical element (symbol o) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 159994 while rain is .oxygen
English
Noun
(wikipedia oxygen)Katie L. Burke
In the News, passage=Oxygen' levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste ' oxygen using solar energy. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light.}}
Derived terms
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* sourstuff * when used as a packaging gasSee also
* ozone ----rain
English
Noun
(en-noun)- We've been having a lot of rain lately .
- The rains came late that year.
- A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Usage notes
* shower, downpour, drop are some of the words used to count rain.Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
en verb)- It will rain today.
- The rain it raineth every day.
- Tears rained from her eyes.
- Bombs rained from the sky.
- The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
