weather vs precipitation

precipitation vs weather

weather and precipitation both are nouns.

weather is an adjective but precipitation is not an adjective.

weather is a verb but precipitation is not a verb.

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

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

weather: the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
precipitation: the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

Other hyponyms of weather include cold weather, fair weather, sunshine, temperateness, scorcher, sultriness, thaw, thawing, warming, downfall, wave, elements, air current, current of air, wind, atmosphere, atmospheric state, good weather, bad weather, inclemency, inclementness.

weather (noun)	precipitation (noun)
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation	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

weather (adjective)	precipitation (adjective)
towards the side exposed to wind

weather (verb)	precipitation (verb)
change under the action or influence of the weather
cause to slope
sail to the windward of
face and withstand with courage

Difference between weather and precipitation

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