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Drizzle vs Spitting - What's the difference?

drizzle | spitting |

As verbs the difference between drizzle and spitting

is that drizzle is to rain lightly; to shed slowly in minute drops or particles while spitting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between drizzle and spitting

is that drizzle is light rain while spitting is expectoration.

drizzle

English

Verb

(drizzl)
  • (ambitransitive) To rain lightly; to shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The air doth drizzle dew.
  • (cooking) To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil in cooking.
    • The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle it in olive oil.
    The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle olive oil on it.
  • (slang) To urinate.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Light rain.
  • (physics, weather). Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground. It is sometimes accompanied by low visibility and fog.
    • No longer pouring, the rain outside slowed down to a faint drizzle .
  • (slang) Water.
    • Stop drinking all of my drizzle !

    • Derived terms

    * drizzly

    spitting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, archaic, medicine) expectoration
  • * 1837 , James Johnson, The Medico-chirurgical review: Volume 31 (page 44)
    • Four brothers of the name of Smith, died with black spitting ; all of them were stone-workers.