Distinguish between precipitation and rainfall.

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PrecipitationRainfall1. In this process the condensed water from the clouds falls through the atmosphere and reaches the...

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PrecipitationRainfall1. In this process the condensed water from the clouds falls through the atmosphere and reaches the...

Precipitation	Rainfall
1. In this process the condensed water from the clouds falls through the atmosphere and reaches the earth's surface as rainfall, sleet, hail or droplets.	1. It is only one form of precipitation.
2. The process results in aggregating millions of cloud particles into a smaller number of bigger droplets.	2. In the process the condensed cloud drops change into bigger drops of water and fall through the atmosphere on the surface of the earth.
3. Precipitation is observed in the forms of sleet, snowfall and hail etc.	3. It is a single form i.e., fall of water drops on the surface of the earth.