Mist
Mist noun - A light or fine rain.
Usage example: a mist was falling on the streets as we drove home
Rainstorm
Rainstorm noun - A steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity.
Usage example: we ran into a big rainstorm on Highway 6, and the visibility was so poor we had to pull over
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This is a representation of a real-world phenomenon — a kind of mist generated by the shattering of raindrops impacting on a surface — which normally can only be seen under the right angles and light conditions, but which in anime can be seen all the time during a rainstorm.
Source: Rain Aura
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