Interception vs Precipitation - What's the difference?
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An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
(American football) A passing play where the ball is received by the opposing team.
(rugby) a pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.
(meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
A hurried headlong fall.
(countable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
(figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
As nouns the difference between interception and precipitation
is that interception is an act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted while precipitation is precipitation, unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.interception
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* (rugby) interception tryprecipitation
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- had acted with some precipitation and had probably started out upon a wild-goose chase --