rain vs precipitation

precipitation vs rain

rain and precipitation both are nouns.

rain is a verb but precipitation is not a verb.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of rain include downfall.

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

rain (verb)	precipitation (verb)
precipitate as rain

Difference between rain and precipitation

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