Frost vs. Snow

Frostnoun

A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

Frostnoun

The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.

Frostnoun

(figurative) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.

Frostnoun

(obsolete) The act of freezing; the congelation of water or other liquid.

Frostnoun

A shade of white, like that of frost.

Frostnoun

A disappointment; a cheat.

Frostverb

(transitive) To cover with frost.

Frostverb

(intransitive) To become covered with frost.

Frostverb

(transitive) To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.

Frostverb

(transitive) To anger or annoy.

Frostverb

(transitive) To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) to prevent it from slipping on ice.

Frostnoun

The act of freezing; - applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.

Frostnoun

The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather.

Frostnoun

Frozen dew; - called also hoarfrost or white frost.

Frostnoun

Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.

Frostverb

To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.

Frostverb

To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass; as, glass may be frosted by exposure to hydrofluoric acid.

Frostverb

To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.

Frostnoun

ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

Frostnoun

weather cold enough to cause freezing

Frostnoun

the formation of frost or ice on a surface

Frostnoun

United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)

Frostverb

decorate with frosting;

Frostverb

provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance;

Frostverb

cover with frost;

Frostverb

damage by frost;

Frostnoun

a deposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing

Frostnoun

a weather condition or period of cold weather in which deposits of frost form

Frostnoun

a person's cold or unfriendly manner

Frostnoun

a failure

Frostverb

cover (something) with or as if with frost; freeze

Frostverb

become covered with small ice crystals

Frostverb

damage or otherwise affect as a result of frost.

Frostverb

decorate (a cake or biscuit) with icing

Frost

Frost is a thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor in an above-freezing atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing, and resulting in a phase change from water vapor (a gas) to ice (a solid) as the water vapor reaches the freezing point. In temperate climates, it most commonly appears on surfaces near the ground as fragile white crystals; in cold climates, it occurs in a greater variety of forms.

Snownoun

(uncountable) The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.

Snownoun

(uncountable) Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid.

Snownoun

(uncountable) A shade of the color white.

Snownoun

(uncountable) The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received.

Snownoun

Cocaine.

Snownoun

(countable) A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water.

Snownoun

(nautical) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

Snowverb

(impersonal) To have snow fall from the sky.

Snowverb

(colloquial) To hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information.

Snowverb

(poker) To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards.

Snownoun

A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

Snownoun

Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms.

Snownoun

Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes.

Snowverb

To fall in or as snow; - chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday.

Snowverb

To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.

Snownoun

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

Snownoun

a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground

Snownoun

English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)

Snownoun

street names for cocaine

Snowverb

fall as snow;

Snowverb

conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end;

Snownoun

atmospheric water vapour frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer

Snownoun

falls of snow

Snownoun

a mass of flickering white spots on a television or radar screen, caused by interference or a poor signal

Snownoun

a dessert or other dish resembling snow

Snownoun

a frozen gas resembling snow

Snownoun

cocaine.

Snowverb

snow falls

Snowverb

be confined or blocked by a large quantity of snow

Snowverb

mislead or charm (someone) with elaborate and insincere words

Snow

Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water throughout its life cycle, starting when, under suitable conditions, the ice crystals form in the atmosphere, increase to millimeter size, precipitate and accumulate on surfaces, then metamorphose in place, and ultimately melt, slide or sublimate away.