Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?

Answer 1

Well, i do not think there is a rule ... its only terminology .. hehe. but i truly think that its related to the way it looks ... we usually see snow falling rather than dropping ... and rain dropping rather than falling ... maybe because a rain drop is heavier than a snow flake ...

i seriously dont have another answer for you :)

Answer 2

Technically both fall, but I know what your saying. We say that rain drops because it is liquid in form and comes down in a steady, but quick flow. Snow on the other hand is less dense and gradually falls to the ground. It just does not sound right if we say that snow drops. Most of the time it floats and staggers throughtout the sky which makes it more evident that it is falling not dropping. Very good question man!

Answer 3

Because snow is flufflier and lighter and rain is heavier. So therefore, snow falls and rain drops. But they are both very pretty

Answer 4

So you never heard of rain fall? Or a ton of snow dropped on the North East last night.

Answer 5

Because. THink about it.

Rain Drops.
The amount of 'Snow Fall'

Answer 6

Hmm, never thought of it like that. But I'm guessing because it looks like a drop haha. It's a drop of water. And snow, well it's liquid but doesn't look it unless it melts so it just gently falls. Oh wait, lets say you drop something, it just drops to the ground. But when something falls...yeah I don't know where I'm going with this. Forget it haha, it sounded so much better in my head.

Answer 7

People can predict the rain so it plans its drop from a cloud. But when have you ever expected snow to come (depending on where you live)? It's as if it accidentally fell out of the cloud.

I just made sense where there was none....

Answer 8

welll...rain comes directly from clouds with a heavy mass and so due to the gravatational pull they fall but snow's first form is of ice and automaticall as it gets involved with the freezing surroundings, it also freezes and becomes snow which is really really light. light enough to land like a parachute

Answer 9

because if rain fell and snow dropped you'd ask the same question

Answer 10

Rain does fall.