Roined vs Rained - What's the difference?
roined | rained |
(roin)
(obsolete) To growl; to roar.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.9:
(rain)
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.
As verbs the difference between roined and rained
is that roined is (roin) while rained is (rain).roined
English
Verb
(head)roin
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) runger, ultimately of imitative origin.Verb
(en verb)- Yet did he murmure with rebellious sound, / And softly royne , when salvage choler gan redound.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) ruinne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.rained
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*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.