different between rainwater vs raindrop
rainwater
English
Alternative forms
- rain water
Etymology
From Middle English reinwater, from Old English r?nwæter, re?nwæter (“rainwater”), equivalent to rain +? water. Cognate with West Frisian reinwetter (“rainwater”), Dutch regenwater (“rainwater”), German Regenwasser (“rainwater”), Swedish regnvatten (“rainwater”).
Noun
rainwater (usually uncountable, plural rainwaters)
- Rainfall.
- Water (for a house etc) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.
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raindrop
English
Etymology
From Middle English rein-drope, reyn-drope, reyn drope, from Old English re?ndropa (“drop of rain, raindrop”), from Proto-Germanic *regnadrupô. Equivalent to rain +? drop. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Riendruppe (“raindrop”), West Frisian reindrip (“raindrop”), Dutch regendroppel, regendruppel (“raindrop”), German Low German Regendrüpp (“raindrop”), German Regentropfen (“raindrop”), Swedish regndroppe (“raindrop”), Icelandic regndropi (“raindrop”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?n?dr?p, IPA(key): /??e?nd??p/
- (General American) enPR: r?n?dr?p, IPA(key): /??e?nd??p/
Noun
raindrop (plural raindrops)
- A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
- 1902, John Muir, "The Grand Cañon of the Colorado":
- It is all so fine and orderly that it would seem that not only had the clouds and streams been kept harmoniously busy in the making of it, but that every raindrop sent like a bullet to a mark had been the subject of a separate thought, so sure is the outcome of beauty through the stormy centuries.
- 1969, Hal David (lyricist), “Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head”.
- 1902, John Muir, "The Grand Cañon of the Colorado":
Hypernyms
- drop
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