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precipitance vs precipitation

precipitation vs precipitance

precipitance and precipitation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
precipitance Yes No No No
precipitation Yes No No No
As nouns, precipitation is a hypernym of precipitance; that is, precipitation is a word with a broader meaning than precipitance:
  • precipitance: the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
  • precipitation: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
Other hypernyms of precipitance include haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry.
precipitance (noun) precipitation (noun)
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning an unexpected acceleration or hastening
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
the process of forming a chemical precipitate
the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
Difference between precipitance and precipitation

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