Hail vs. Sleet

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.

Sleetnoun

Pellets of ice made of mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.

Sleetnoun

A mixture of rain and snow.

Sleetnoun

(rare) A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.

Sleetnoun

(firearms) Part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

Sleetverb

To be in a state in which sleet is falling.

Sleetnoun

The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

Sleetnoun

Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.

Sleetverb

To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.

Sleetnoun

partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)

Sleetverb

precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow;