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Distinguish between weather and climate.

Answer

Weather : Weather refers to the sum total of the atmospheric conditions in terms of temperature, pressure, wind, moisture, cloudiness, precipitation and visibility of a particular place at any given time.
Climate : Climate is defined as aggregate weather conditions of any region in long term perspective.

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