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Rainfall vs Hail - What's the difference?

rainfall | hail |

As nouns the difference between rainfall and hail

is that rainfall is (meteorology) the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion while hail is balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.

As a verb hail is

(impersonal) said of the weather when hail is falling or hail can be to greet; give salutation to; salute.

As an adjective hail is

(obsolete) healthy, whole, safe.

As an interjection hail is

an exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

rainfall

English

Noun

  • (meteorology) the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion

    • 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 *

    hail

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) haile, hail, from (etyl) ). Root-cognates outside of Germanic include (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
    • Derived terms
    * hailstone * hail storm / hailstorm * hail shaft / hailshaft

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (impersonal) Said of the weather when hail is falling.
    • They say it's going to hail tomorrow.
  • to send or release hail
    • 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)
  • to greet; give salutation to; salute.
  • To name; to designate; to call.
  • * Milton
    • And such a son as all men hailed me happy.
    He was hailed as a hero.
  • to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
    • Hail a taxi.
    Derived terms
    * hailer * hail from

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.

    • Interjection

    (en-intj)
  • An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Hail , brave friend.
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