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precipitancy vs precipitation

precipitation vs precipitancy

precipitancy and precipitation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
precipitancy Yes No No No
precipitation Yes No No No
As nouns, precipitation is a hypernym of precipitancy; that is, precipitation is a word with a broader meaning than precipitancy:
  • precipitancy: the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
  • precipitation: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
Other hypernyms of precipitancy include haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry.
precipitancy (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 precipitancy and precipitation

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