precipitation vs rain

rain vs precipitation

precipitation and rain both are nouns.

precipitation is not a verb while rain is a verb.

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

As nouns, rain is a hyponym of precipitation; that is, rain is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than precipitation:

precipitation: the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
rain: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

Other hyponyms of precipitation include fine spray, hail, rainfall, sleet, snow, snowfall, virga.

precipitation (noun)	rain (noun)
an unexpected acceleration or hastening	anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)	water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height	drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
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

precipitation (verb)	rain (verb)
	precipitate as rain

Difference between precipitation and rain

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