Precipitation vs. Coagulation — What's the Difference?

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravitational pull from clouds. The main forms of precipitation include drizzling, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail.

Coagulation, also known as clotting, is the process by which blood changes from a liquid to a gel, forming a blood clot. It potentially results in hemostasis, the cessation of blood loss from a damaged vessel, followed by repair.

The action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.

To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass.

Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to or condenses on the ground

To become coagulated

The fact or quality of acting suddenly and rashly

The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size (by any of several physical or chemical processes)(e.g. of proteins)

Any form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, that falls to the earth's surface.

The process by which blood forms solid clots.

The quantity of such water falling in a specific area within a specific period.

Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).

A hastening or acceleration, especially one that is sudden or unexpected

The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.

Abrupt or impulsive haste.

The substance or body formed by coagulation.

A headlong fall or rush.

The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid

(Chemistry) The process of separating a substance from a solution as a solid.

(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.

A hurried headlong fall.

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.

(figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.

The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.

A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity.

Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity.

The act or process of precipitating from a solution.

A deposit on the earth of hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow; also, the quantity of water deposited.

The quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time;

The process of forming a chemical precipitate

The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

The act of casting down or falling headlong from a height

An unexpected acceleration or hastening;

Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness);