Hail vs Greeting - What's the difference?
hail | greeting |
Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
(impersonal) Said of the weather when hail is falling.
to send or release hail
to greet; give salutation to; salute.
To name; to designate; to call.
* Milton
to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
* Shakespeare
A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
(uncountable) The action of the verb to greet .
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As nouns the difference between hail and greeting
is that hail is balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm while greeting is a conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.As verbs the difference between hail and greeting
is that hail is said of the weather when hail is falling while greeting is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective hail
is healthy, whole, safe.As an interjection hail
is an exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.hail
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) haile, hail, from (etyl) ). Root-cognates outside of Germanic include (etyl) .Noun
(-)Derived terms
* hailstone * hail storm / hailstorm * hail shaft / hailshaftVerb
(en verb)- They say it's going to hail tomorrow.
- The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes .
Etymology 2
The adjective hail is a variant of (from the early 13th century). The transitive verb with the meaning "to salute" is also from the 13th century. The cognate verb heal is already Old English (. Also cognate is whole, from Old English (the spelling with wh- is unetymological, introduced in the 15th century).Verb
(en verb)- And such a son as all men hailed me happy.
- He was hailed as a hero.
- Hail a taxi.
Derived terms
* hailer * hail fromInterjection
(en-intj)- Hail , brave friend.