Rain vs. Sprinkling
Rainnoun
Condensed water falling from a cloud.
Rainnoun
(figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
Rainnoun
(figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
Rainverb
(impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
Rainverb
(intransitive) To fall as or like rain.
Rainverb
(transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.
Rainverb
(obsolete) To reign.
Rainnoun
Reign.
Rainnoun
Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.
Rainverb
To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; - used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains.
Rainverb
To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.
Rainverb
To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.
Rainverb
To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.
Rainnoun
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
Rainnoun
drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
Rainnoun
anything happening rapidly or in quick successive;
Rainverb
precipitate as rain;
Rainnoun
the condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops
Rainnoun
falls of rain
Rainnoun
a large or overwhelming quantity of things that fall or descend
Rainverb
rain falls
Rainverb
(of the sky, the clouds, etc.) send down rain
Rainverb
fall or cause to fall in large or overwhelming quantities
Rainverb
used to convey that a specified thing is falling in large quantities
Rain
Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then become heavy enough to fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth.
Sprinklingverb
present participle of sprinkle
Sprinklingnoun
The action of the verb to sprinkle.
Sprinklingnoun
A small amount of (some liquid, powder or other fine substance) that is sprinkled on to something.
Sprinklingnoun
A light shower of rain.
Sprinklingnoun
The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles.
Sprinklingnoun
A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow.
Sprinklingnoun
Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like separate drops, or as if scattered like drops.
Sprinklingnoun
a small number dispersed haphazardly;
Sprinklingnoun
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
Sprinklingnoun
the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
Sprinklingnoun
the act of sprinkling or splashing water;
Sprinklingnoun
a small thinly distributed amount of something
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