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Thundercloud vs Rainfall - What's the difference?

thundercloud | rainfall |

As nouns the difference between thundercloud and rainfall

is that thundercloud is a large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a stormcloud while rainfall is (meteorology) the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion.

thundercloud

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a stormcloud
  • (by extension) something menacing and brooding
  • As the ominous thunderclouds of war gather over the Middle East, countries like France and Russia have threatened to use their veto in the United Nations to thwart immediate U.S. military force against Iraq. - [http://www.faluninfo.net/displayAnArticle.asp?ID=7103]

    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 *