rain/shower

[jkl]

When I listen to the weather forecast sometimes they say 60% chance of showers and sometimes they say 60% chance of rain. If there any meaning difference between shower and rain here?

THANK YOU.

 

[Anglika]

Showers generally means relatively short precipitations of rain.

Rain would probably be a precipitation over a number of hours.

 

[2006]

When I listen to the weather forecast sometimes they say 60% chance of showers and sometimes they say 60% chance of rain. If there any meaning difference between shower and rain here?
THANK YOU.

A shower is a rainfall of short duration, but you can have repeated showers.