different between rainstorm vs brainstorm
rainstorm
English
Etymology
rain +? storm
Noun
rainstorm (plural rainstorms)
- A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
Translations
See also
- deluge
- hailstorm
- snowstorm
- thunderstorm
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brainstorm
English
Alternative forms
- brain-storm
- brain storm
Etymology
brain +? storm. In the sense of "problem-solve", devised as a method of group creative problem-solving by advertising executive Alex F. Osborn and his employees, who coined the term based on the image of using "the brain to storm a problem". In the sense of "seizure, convulsion, brain activity", from the unrelated idea that it is like a storm in the brain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?e?nst??(?)m/
Verb
brainstorm (third-person singular simple present brainstorms, present participle brainstorming, simple past and past participle brainstormed)
- To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
- To participate in a brainstorming session.
See also
- bounce off (usu. with an idea or ideas)
- spitball
Noun
brainstorm (plural brainstorms)
- (US) A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.
- Synonym: brainwave
- I had been working on the problem for weeks, and then I had a brainstorm and saw that the solution was easy.
- A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions.
- (Britain) An unexpected mental error.
- October 5 2005, "Iguchi hit ruins Red Sox's night", BBC Online, 5 October
- A terrible fielding error from Tony Graffanino proved costly. [...] Aaron Rowand collected an RBI double to get them off the mark before Graffanino's brainstorm. Juan Uribe hit a roller to the second baseman, who let the potential inning-ending double-play ball roll under his glove, leaving runners at first and third bases.
- October 5 2005, "Iguchi hit ruins Red Sox's night", BBC Online, 5 October
- Alternative form of brain storm (“activity in the brain, such as a seizure or convulsion”)
- electrical brainstorm
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