precipitation vs fastness

fastness vs precipitation

precipitation and fastness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
precipitation	Yes	No	No	No
fastness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fastness is a hypernym of precipitation; that is, fastness is a word with a broader meaning than precipitation:

precipitation: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
fastness: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens

Other hypernyms of precipitation include speed, swiftness.

precipitation (noun)	fastness (noun)
an unexpected acceleration or hastening	a strongly fortified defensive structure
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)	a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height	the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
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 precipitation and fastness

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