What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Rain vs Rainforest - What's the difference?

rain | rainforest |

As nouns the difference between rain and rainforest

is that rain is while rainforest is a forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.

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

    See also

    * drizzle * hail * mizzle * precipitation * serein * shower * sleet * snow * storm *

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    rainforest

    English

    (wikipedia rainforest)

    Alternative forms

    * rain forest

    Noun

  • A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.
  • * 2002', Chris C. Park, ''Tropical '''Rainforests , page 27,
    • Perhaps the most impressive expression of species diversity is the density of species found in a given area of rainforest .
  • * 2004', Nigel E. Stork, ''24: The Theory and Practice of Planning for Long-Term Conservation of Biodiversity of Wet Tropics '''Rainforests in Australia'', Eldredge Bermingham, Christopher W. Dick, Craig Moritz (editors), ''Tropical Rainforests: Past, Present, and Future , page 508
    • Tropical rainforests' in Australia have suffered a fate similar in many ways to that of ' rainforests elsewhere in the world, but considerable progress in safeguarding the future of what remains has been made.
  • * 2014', Nick Hunter, '''''Rainforests , page 38,
    • Enjoy your visit to the rainforests , because the next time you go there things could be very different.

    Synonyms

    * jungle, tropical forest