different between transpiration vs precipitation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transpiration, from Medieval Latin transpiratio, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.

Noun

transpiration (countable and uncountable, plural transpirations)

1. (botany) The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots.
2. (physiology) The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes.
3. The passage of gases through fine tubes.

Related terms

• transpire

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin transpiratio, transpirationem, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.

Pronunciation

Noun

transpiration f (plural transpirations)

1. transpiration
2. sweat (bodily fluid)

Synonyms

• sueur

Related terms

• transpirer

Further reading

• “transpiration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle French précipitation, from Latin praecipit?ti?, praecipit?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /p???s?p??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

precipitation (countable and uncountable, plural precipitations)

1. (meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     South Korea’s Ministry of Environment said in a news release that no major precipitation was observed after the cloud seeding operation.

2. A hurried headlong fall.
3. (countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
4. (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
   • 1933, Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise

     […] had acted with some precipitation and had probably started out upon a wild-goose chase.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hydrometeor

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• precipitation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• haste
• rashness

Anagrams

• intraepitopic