occasion vs precipitate

occasion

noun
  • An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. 

  • Need; requirement, necessity. 

  • The time when something happens. 

  • Something which causes something else; a cause. 

  • A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion. 

  • A special event or function. 

  • A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred. 

  • A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. 

verb
  • To cause; to produce; to induce 

precipitate

noun
  • a product resulting from a process, event, or course of action 

  • a solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution 

verb
  • To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form. 

  • To throw an object or person from a great height. 

  • To act too hastily; to be precipitous. 

  • To send violently into a certain state or condition. 

  • To make something happen suddenly and quickly. 

  • To come out of a liquid solution into solid form. 

  • To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets. 

  • To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground. 

  • To fall headlong. 

adj
  • With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong. 

  • Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty. 

  • headlong; falling steeply or vertically. 

  • Performed very rapidly or abruptly. 

  • Very steep; precipitous. 

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