What is the difference between a bath and a shower in the way that americans use the word?

Question

What is the difference between a bath and a shower in the way that americans use the word?

Answer 1

The difference is usually about $5. American motels usually charge more for a room with a bath than a room with a shower.

Answer 2

a bath means u fill the tub with water and a shower means u use the top sprinkler thingy

Answer 3

Shower implies standing under a stream of running water while you bathe.

Bath means sitting in a tub of standing water while you bathe.

Answer 4

With a bath, you wash your face with the same water you wash your butt with, but this doesn't happen in the shower.

Answer 5

i agree as well.

Answer 6

Joey got it right.  As a bit of extra information, very few Americans seem to take baths these days.  We usually shower instead because it's so much faster.  People ALWAYS run a tub or basin full of water (a bath) for infants and children, but most adults seem to prefer showering.  Because of this, it is considered a luxury to fill up a tub of nice hot water and have a soak in it... a luxury of time.

Answer 7

It depends on what part of the country you are from. I live in NC. Taking a shower is standing up under running water. Taking a bath is seating down in a bath tub of water.

Answer 8

I agree with Joey Is.

Answer 9

Bath is when we sit in a tub (bubbles optional) and we bathe ourselves.

Shower is when we bathe standing up.