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Hoarfrost vs Snowdrift - What's the difference?

hoarfrost | snowdrift |

As nouns the difference between hoarfrost and snowdrift

is that hoarfrost is dew-drops which have undergone deposition and frozen into ice crystals to form a white deposit on an exposed surface, when the air is cold and moist while snowdrift is a bank of snow accumulated by the wind.

hoarfrost

English

(wikipedia hoarfrost)

Alternative forms

* hoar frost * hoar-frost

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Dew-drops which have undergone deposition and frozen into ice crystals to form a white deposit on an exposed surface, when the air is cold and moist.

    • Related terms

    * hoar

    See also

    * dew * dew point * rime * glaze

    snowdrift

    English

    (wikipedia snowdrift)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.

    • Derived terms

    * snowdrift glacier * snowdrift ice

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