Flowers bloom in the spring rain.

Meaning: The flowers are opening up and showing their colors during the rainy season that comes after winter.

Choice of Words: Bloom means to produce flowers. Spring is the season between winter and summer. Rain is water falling from the sky in drops.

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Flowers open up in the springtime when it rains.

Meaning: This means the same thing as the first sentence, but it uses more words to explain how flowers open up and show their petals in the springtime when it rains. It's like saying, The flowers open up their petals in the spring when it rains.

Choice of Words: Flowers are the colorful, often fragrant part of a plant. Open up means to show their petals. Springtime is one of the four seasons, known for new life and growth. When means at the same time as something else happens. Rain is water falling from the sky. When you put them together, "Flowers open up in the springtime when it rains" is a more literal description of how flowers open up and show their petals in the springtime when it rains.

The flowers come out in the spring when it rains.

Meaning: This means the same thing as the first two sentences, but it uses different words to describe how flowers open up and show their petals in the springtime when it rains. It's like saying, The flowers appear in the spring when it rains.

Choice of Words: Flowers are the colorful, often fragrant part of a plant. Come out means to appear or become visible. Spring is one of the four seasons, known for new life and growth. When means at the same time as something else happens. Rain is water falling from the sky. When you put them together, "The flowers come out in the spring when it rains" is a more informal way of saying how flowers open up and show their petals in the springtime when it rains.

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