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    What is drizzle?

    Drizzle: rain that cannot commit.

    Very light rain made of tiny drops that seem to float more than fall.

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    “It’s only drizzle, but I’m soaked anyway.”

    More about drizzle

    Meteorologists call it drizzle when the drops are smaller than half a millimetre across. It usually falls from low, flat stratus cloud, so it can go on for hours without ever turning into proper rain.

    What I think of drizzle

    • Drizzle: rain that cannot commit.
    • Drizzle is the weather equivalent of someone reading over your shoulder.
    • Too light for an umbrella, too wet to ignore. Drizzle has found the gap and lives in it.

    Words people compare it with

    • Mizzle: A mix of mist and drizzle: fine rain that hangs in the air.
    • Spitting: Just starting to rain: a few scattered drops.
    • Overcast: Completely covered with cloud, so the sun never shows.
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