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Fleets vs Sleets - What's the difference?

fleets | sleets |

As verbs the difference between fleets and sleets

is that fleets is third-person singular of fleet while sleets is third-person singular of sleet.

As a noun fleets

is plural of lang=en.

fleets

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (fleet)

    • sleets

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sleet)

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    sleet

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chiefly, UK, Ireland) A mixture of rain and snow.
  • Rain which freezes before reaching the ground.
  • (firearms) Part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

    • Synonyms

    * ice pellets * slush

    See also

    * snow * freezing rain * graupel

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (impersonal, of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
    • I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting .

    Usage notes

    References

    * AMS Glossary of Meteorology

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