Hail vs. Graupel

Hailnoun

Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.

Hailverb

(impersonal) Said of the weather when hail is falling.

Hailverb

(intransitive) To send or release hail.

Hailverb

To pour down in rapid succession.

Hailverb

(transitive) to greet; give salutation to; salute.

Hailverb

(transitive) To name; to designate; to call.

Hailverb

(transitive) to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of

Hailadjective

(obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.

Hailinterjection

An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

Hailnoun

Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.

Hailnoun

A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.

Hailverb

To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

Hailverb

To pour forcibly down, as hail.

Hailverb

To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

Hailverb

To name; to designate; to call.

Hailverb

To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; - used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

Hailverb

To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; - with from.

Hailadjective

Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

Hailinterjection

An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

Hailnoun

precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

Hailnoun

enthusiastic greeting

Hailverb

praise vociferously;

Hailverb

be a native of;

Hailverb

call for;

Hailverb

greet enthusiastically or joyfully

Hailverb

precipitate as small ice particles;

Hail

Hail is a form of solid precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets (American English ), though the two are often confused.

Graupelnoun

A precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake.

Graupelnoun

The result of this process, a small ball of rime.

Graupel

Graupel (; German: [ˈɡʁaʊpl̩]), also called soft hail, corn snow, hominy snow, or snow pellets, is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming 2–5 mm (0.08–0.20 in) balls of crisp, opaque rime.Graupel is distinct from hail and ice pellets. Hail is common in thunderstorms, while graupel typically falls in winter storms and in convective showers especially at higher elevations.