precipitate vs sprinkle

precipitate

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

  • 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 fall headlong. 

noun
  • a solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution 

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

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. 

sprinkle

verb
  • To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance). 

  • To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it. 

  • To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically. 

  • To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify. 

  • To rain very lightly outside. 

noun
  • An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling. 

  • A light rain shower. 

  • A small hard piece of sugar and starch, or chocolate, used to decorate cakes etc. 

  • A light covering with a sprinkled substance. 

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