Rainfall vs Drizzle - What's the difference?
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(meteorology) the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion
(ambitransitive) To rain lightly; to shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
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(cooking) To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil in cooking.
(slang) To urinate.
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.
(slang) Water.
Rainfall is a related term of drizzle.
As nouns the difference between rainfall and drizzle
is that rainfall is (meteorology) the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion while drizzle is light rain.As a verb drizzle is
(ambitransitive) to rain lightly; to shed slowly in minute drops or particles.rainfall
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Derived terms
* effective rainfall * excess rainfall * excessive rainfall * initial rainfall * inversion of rainfall * orographic rainfall * point rainfall * rainfall component * rainfall distribution * rainfall duration * rainfall effectiveness * rainfall excess * rainfall frequency * rainfall intensity * rainfall intensity area curve * rainfall intensity-duration curve * rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curve * rainfall intensity frequency * rainfall intensity pattern * rainfall intensity return period * rainfall inversion * rainfall loss * rainfall rate * rainfall regime * rainfall station * rate-of-rainfall gauge * residual rainfall *drizzle
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Verb
(drizzl)- The air doth drizzle dew.
- 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.
Noun
(en noun)- No longer pouring, the rain outside slowed down to a faint drizzle .
- Stop drinking all of my drizzle !
