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Rainfall is water that falls from the sky whereas precipitation is anything wet that fall from the sky. Precipitation includes snow, hail....ect

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13y ago

snow is made of ice and water frozen together by a chemical reaction

rain is part of the water cycle rain and snow are also both precipitation.

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12y ago

Precipitation includes:

  • rainfall
  • snowfall
  • sleet
  • hail
  • etc.
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11y ago

Technically, Rainfall is a type of precipitation. In a way, they are the same thing.

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The hailstorm is like a cool stone fallen from the sky and a snowfall means a soft stone falling from the sky.

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11y ago

a shower is rain. snow is way different.

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nothing

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it really is the same

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