Wet vs Rain - What's the difference?

wet | rain |

In transitive terms the difference between wet and rain

is that wet is to urinate accidentally in or on while rain is to issue (something) in large quantities.

In intransitive terms the difference between wet and rain

is that wet is to become wet while rain is to fall in large quantities.

As an adjective wet

is of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid.

wet

English

Adjective

(wetter)

Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid.

I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet .

Of weather or a time period, rainy.

It’s going to be wet tomorrow.

* Milton

wet October's torrent flood

Made up of liquid or moisture.

Water is wet .

(informal) Of a person, ineffectual.

Don't be so wet .

(slang) Of a woman or girl, sexually aroused.

He got me all wet .

(slang, of a person) Inexperienced in a task or profession; having the characteristics of a rookie.

That guy's wet ; after all, he just started yesterday.

(of a scientist or laboratory) Working with chemical or biological matter.

(chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.

the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed

Permitting alcoholic beverages, as during Prohibition.

* 1995 , Richard F. Hamm, Shaping the Eighteenth Amendment

The wet states would be "the greatest beneficiaries" because the amendment would root out the liquor traffic within their cities.

(fountain pens and calligraphy) Depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.

* This pen's a wet writer, so it'll feather on this cheap paper.

(slang, archaic) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.

(Prior)

Covered in a sauce.

* 2000 , Robert Allen Palmatier, Food: a dictionary of literal and nonliteral terms , page 372

A chimichanga (MWCD: 1982) is a burrito that is deep-fried, rather than baked, and is served in the fashion of a wet burrito.

* 2005 , Restaurant business , Volume 104, Issues 1-10

The new item is its first "wet ," or sauce-topped, burrito.

* 2011 , J. Gabriel Gates, Charlene Keel, Dark Territory , page 13

But I'm getting the wet burrito.” Ignacio looked down at some sort of a tomato sauce–covered tortilla tube.

Synonyms

* (covered with liquid) damp, saturated, soaked * (of weather or a day) damp, raining, rainy * (sexually aroused) horny * (made up of liquid) wetting * (ineffectual) feeble, hopeless, useless * (inexperienced) green, wet behind the ears * (burrito) chimichanga

Antonyms

* (covered with liquid) dry * (of weather or a day) dry * (of a scientist or lab) dry

Derived terms

* all wet * wet bar * wet behind the ears * wet blanket * wetland * wet-look * wetware * wetwork

Noun

(en noun)

Liquid or moisture.

* Milton

Now the sun, with more effectual beams, / Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet / From drooping plant.

Rainy weather.

Don't go out in the wet .

(British, pejorative) A moderate Conservative.

(colloquial) An alcoholic drink.

* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, page 60:

‘A pity,’ said Jim, ‘I thought we was going to have a free wet .’

Verb

To cover or impregnate with liquid.

To urinate accidentally in or on.

Johnny wets the bed several times a week.

To become wet

Derived terms

* wet oneself * wet one's beak * wet one's whistle * wet the baby's head * wetten * wetting

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

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