Rainmaker vs Drainmaker - What's the difference?
rainmaker | drainmaker |
A native american medicine man who induces rain by rituals.
A person who induces rainfall through scientific methods (i.e. silver iodide cloud seeding).
(figurative) An employee of a company who creates a large amount of unexpected business, consistently brings in money at critical times, or brings in markedly more money than his or her co-workers, thereby "floating their salaries".
(figurative) An investor in sick or start-up business ventures.
(slang) (figurative) An executive or lawyer with exceptional ability to attract clients, use political connections, or increase profits, etc.
:The president has several rainmakers among his advisers.
(baseball, informal) A batted ball that is hit very high into the air.
:The slugger is known for hitting rainmakers .