different between rainer vs vainer

English

Etymology

rain +? -er

Noun

rainer (plural rainers)

1. (rare) That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.
   • c, 1893-1899, Ralph T. H. Griffith (translator), The Vedas

     Indra, Brhaspati, rainers of treasure, rejoicing at this sacrifice drink the Soma.

   • 1974, Arthur Chapman Barnes, The Sugar Cane (page 190)

     Pressure volume relationships determine the quantity of water discharged from rainers of different sizes of nozzle in a given time over the area of the wetted circles […]

French

Etymology

rainure +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e.ne/

Verb

rainer

1. (transitive) to groove (make a groove in)

Conjugation

Further reading

• “rainer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Verb

rainer

1. Alternative form of reignier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

English

Adjective

vainer

1. comparative form of vain: more vain

Anagrams

• Averni, Erivan, naiver, naïver, ravine