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Posted by Supergee
- Sep 24, 2024, 07:10 PMQuote from: Yace on Sep 23, 2024, 10:33 AMThey have different meanings, although some people may confuse the two.This is a kind of vocabulary used by some of us that are non-native speakers. For example, in my native language there's a word for water-only shower or water-only bath.
Bathing involves using soap or body wash to deep clean the whole body, whereas showering is commonly the use of water 'only' to clean the body.
When you use only water irrespective of how you do it, lying in the bathtub or standing, you are showering.
When you use water and soap, irrespective of your position, standing under the shower or lying in the bathtub, you are bathing.
Shower (noun):
Bathtub :
And there's another word for bathing or showering with soap, body wash or other cleansing materials and rinsing off.
Except the native speakers welcome it and maybe introduce it into their dictionary, I believe it's not grammatically correct.
If you come from a land that distinguishes the two like mine, I think the terms you described could be used among our local or traditional people (perhaps as a form of creole).
But not when you're in the midst of the native speakers, because you would be easily misinterpreted, e.g if you say you want to use the bathroom in the US, they commonly show you the toilet.
Instead, if there's any reason to break it down just go with something like:
I had a "water-only shower" (using the shower) or I had a warm "water-only bath" (using the bathtub).
Posted by Curatorpi
- Sep 24, 2024, 06:49 AMQuote from: Mafy on Sep 23, 2024, 10:37 AMWhen someone uses a bucket and a bathing bowl to bathe, instead of standing under the shower or using the bathtub, what's that called please?I would have said 'sponge bath', especially if sponge is used but since it's not a case of bed-ridden or being hospitalized, I'll simply call it "shower," because in this case you start pouring the water from up/the head.
So I would refer to it as shower, that's where the history of indoor shower came from and it still to me seem like a traditional way of showering, shower is a device copied from natural waterfall.
Hence, it could simply be referred to as shower as well.
Posted by Curatorpi
- Sep 24, 2024, 06:34 AMQuote from: Yace on Sep 23, 2024, 10:33 AMThey have different meanings, although some people may confuse the two.Although this makes sense to me, but if you bathed using a shower, be it with or without soap, then you took or had a shower.
Bathing involves using soap or body wash to deep clean the whole body, whereas showering is commonly the use of water 'only' to clean the body.
When you use only water irrespective of how you do it, lying in the bathtub or standing, you are showering.
When you use water and soap, irrespective of your position, standing under the shower or lying in the bathtub, you are bathing.
Shower (noun):
Bathtub :
I don't think any native speaker will support this, you can just say you used water only or you only rinsed off your body if you have any explanation when it comes to water-only or no soap shower.
Posted by Afrowin
- Sep 24, 2024, 05:59 AMQuote from: Yace on Sep 23, 2024, 10:33 AMThey have different meanings, although some people may confuse the two.Even though you wash the body with soap while standing under the spray of water, it can still be referred to as 'shower', and when you just rinse off the body without soap (water-only shower), it can also be called 'shower'.
Bathing involves using soap or body wash to deep clean the whole body, whereas showering is commonly the use of water 'only' to clean the body.
When you use only water irrespective of how you do it, lying in the bathtub or standing, you are showering.
When you use water and soap, irrespective of your position, standing under the shower or lying in the bathtub, you are bathing.
Shower (noun):
Bathtub :
Posted by Biu
- Sep 24, 2024, 12:14 AMQuote from: Yace on Sep 23, 2024, 10:33 AMThey have different meanings, although some people may confuse the two.In as much as I agree with this, it doesn't change the fact that when you are standing under a shower with water running through your body - you are taking a shower
Bathing involves using soap or body wash to deep clean the whole body, whereas showering is commonly the use of water 'only' to clean the body.
When you use only water irrespective of how you do it, lying in the bathtub or standing, you are showering.
When you use water and soap, irrespective of your position, standing under the shower or lying in the bathtub, you are bathing.
Shower (noun):
Bathtub :
And when you are in a bathtub filled with cleansing liquid or bubbles - you are taking a bath.
The exact circumstance will determine how to really express the action you are taking.
Posted by Yace
- Sep 23, 2024, 10:47 AMQuote from: Mafy on Sep 23, 2024, 10:37 AMWhen someone uses a bucket and a bathing bowl to bathe, instead of standing under the shower or using the bathtub, what's that called please?As explained earlier, it may not matter the path you take in doing it, what matters is how you do it.
That is, when you apply soap together with water on your body, you are bathing, whether you use bucket, shower or bathtub.
When you apply only water on your body, you are showering, whether you use bucket, shower or bathtub.
Some people refer to the process you described as 'bucket bath', but I would rather just say bathe or shower, depending on whether there's soap/body wash involved or not.
Posted by Mafy
- Sep 23, 2024, 10:37 AMQuote from: Yace on Sep 23, 2024, 10:33 AMThey have different meaning, although some people in confuse the two.When someone uses a bucket and a bathing bowl to bathe, instead of standing under the shower or using the bathtub, what's that called please?
Bathing usually involves using soap or shampoo to deep clean the whole body, whereas showering is commonly the use of water 'only' to clean the body.
When you use only water irrespective of how you do it, lying in the bathtub or standing, you are showering.
When you use water and soap, irrespective of your position, standing under the shower or lying in the bathtub, you are bathing.
A situation where you stand in a bathtub instead of lying down is called "shower bath". Irrespective of whether you're showering or bathing in this manner, you can use the word "shower bath", OR say you are "showering" - with water only / "taking a bath" - with soap and water
Shower (noun):
Bathtub :
Posted by Yace
- Sep 23, 2024, 10:33 AMThey have different meanings, although some people may confuse the two.
Bathing involves using soap or body wash to deep clean the whole body, whereas showering is commonly the use of water 'only' to clean the body.
When you use only water irrespective of how you do it, lying in the bathtub or standing, you are showering.
When you use water and soap, irrespective of your position, standing under the shower or lying in the bathtub, you are bathing.
Shower (noun):
Bathtub :
Bathing involves using soap or body wash to deep clean the whole body, whereas showering is commonly the use of water 'only' to clean the body.
When you use only water irrespective of how you do it, lying in the bathtub or standing, you are showering.
When you use water and soap, irrespective of your position, standing under the shower or lying in the bathtub, you are bathing.
Shower (noun):
Bathtub :
Posted by Urguy
- Sep 23, 2024, 10:12 AMShowering - When you clean your body by the means of water running through the body while standing.
Bathing - When you do this by lying in a bathtub.
Showering is faster while bathing takes time.
Bathing - When you do this by lying in a bathtub.
Showering is faster while bathing takes time.
Posted by Ruthk
- Sep 23, 2024, 10:07 AMThis is when you shower👇
This is when you take or have a bath 👇
This is when you take or have a bath 👇
Posted by Bigowl
- Sep 23, 2024, 09:56 AMWhat does it mean to either shower or take a bath?
Can the two be used interchangeably or they have different meanings?