Rain vs Torent - What's the difference?
rain | torent |
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.
(torend)
(obsolete) Torn.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.8:
*:Yet fled she fast, and both them farre outwent; / […] With locks all loose, and rayment all to-rent […].
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As a noun rain
is .As a verb torent is
(torend).As an adjective torent is
(obsolete) torn.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.