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Rainwater vs Dugout - What's the difference?

rainwater | dugout |

As nouns the difference between rainwater and dugout

is that rainwater is rainfall while dugout is a canoe made from a hollowed-out log.

rainwater

English

Alternative forms

* rain water

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Rainfall.
  • Water (for a house etc) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.

    • dugout

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia dugout) (en noun)
  • a canoe made from a hollowed-out log
  • a pit dug into the ground as a shelter, especially from enemy fire
  • a sunken shelter at the side of a baseball or football (soccer) field where non-playing team members and staff sit during a game.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 3 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Spurs, who were without boss Harry Redknapp after his heart surgery, failed to create a clear-cut chance.
    Redknapp is expected to be back in the dugout when Spurs play Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday but it was left to his assistant Kevin Bond to take a young team to Russia looking for the win that would put them through to the last 32.}}
  • a device used to smoke marijuana
  • (Canadian Prairies) A pit used to catch and store rainwater or runoff.