different between rainmaker vs rainmaking

English

rain +? maker.

rainmaker (plural rainmakers)

Someone or something that causes or attempts to cause rain to fall.
Synonym: pluviculturist
1. An African or Native American medicine man who seeks to induce rain through performing rituals.
2. A person who seeks to induce rainfall through scientific methods, such as cloud seeding.
(originally Canada, US, figuratively, informal) A person having the ability to generate business, raise funds, or otherwise engineer success for a company, organization, etc.
(baseball, informal) A batted ball that is hit very high into the air.

rain +? making

rainmaking (uncountable)

The attempted artificial production of rain, either by use of magic or by seeding clouds.
(US, informal) Hiring someone who creates business opportunities or revenue.
- 2005, Steve Sailer, Why (Some) Men Don’t Support Summers:
  His firm's goal was to fill their gender quota—and simultaneously do some rainmaking by hiring the daughters of CEOs.

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