Pour vs Rain - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between pour and rain

is that pour is to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly while rain is to issue (something) in large quantities.

In intransitive terms the difference between pour and rain

is that pour is to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours while rain is to fall in large quantities.

pour

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) pouren, . Displaced native Middle English schenchen, ).

Verb

(en verb)

To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it.

To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.

* The Bible, 1 i. 15.

Ihave poured out my soul before the Lord.

* The Bible, vii. 8

Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee.

* (William Shakespeare)

London doth pour out her citizens!

* (John Milton)

Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand?

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=At the same time, it is pouring money into cleaning up the country.}}

To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

* A. Pope

Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat?

To flow, pass or issue in or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours.

* Gay

In the rude throng pour on with furious pace.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 8, author=Chris Bevan, work=BBC

, title= Arsenal 1-1 Leeds , passage=In a breathless finish Arsenal poured forward looking for a winner but Leeds held out for a deserved replay after Bendtner wastefully fired wide and Schmeichel acrobatically kept out Denilson's rasping effort}}

Synonyms

* (pour a drink) shink, skink

Derived terms

* pourable * pourer * pouringly * inpour * outpour * pour one's heart out

Noun

(en noun)

The act of pouring.

Something, or an amount, poured.

* 2003 , John Brian Newman, B. S. Choo, Advanced concrete technology: Volume 2

Over this time period, the first concrete pour has not only lost workability but has started to set so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator.

(colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.

A pour of rain. --Miss Ferrier.

Etymology 2

Verb

(head)

Anagrams

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rain

English

Noun

(en-noun)

Condensed water falling from a cloud.

We've been having a lot of rain lately .

The rains came late that year.

(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.

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 also

Derived terms

en verb)

(impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.

It will rain today.

To fall as or like rain.

* Shakespeare

The rain it raineth every day.

Tears rained from her eyes.

To fall in large quantities.

Bombs rained from the sky.

To issue (something) in large quantities.

The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.

Derived terms

* Also see * it never rains but it pours * rain cats and dogs, rain dogs and cats * rain down * rain off

Anagrams

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