Percipitation vs Rain - What's the difference?
percipitation | rain |
Percipitation has no English definition.
Condensed water falling from a cloud.
(figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
(figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
(impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
To fall as or like rain.
* Shakespeare
To fall in large quantities.
To issue (something) in large quantities.
Percipitation is likely misspelled.
Percipitation has no English definition.
As a noun rain is
condensed water falling from a cloud.As a verb rain is
to have rain fall from the sky.percipitation
Not English
Percipitation has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'percipitation':
perspiration, precipitation, preoccupation, preaspiration, presbyterian, perseveration, presupposition, preexpectation, perispomenon, presubmissionrain
English
Noun
(en-noun)- We've been having a lot of rain lately .
- The rains came late that year.
- A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Usage notes
* shower, downpour, drop are some of the words used to count rain.Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
en verb)- It will rain today.
- The rain it raineth every day.
- Tears rained from her eyes.
- Bombs rained from the sky.
- The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.