The weatherman is forecasting 'heavy/light snow'. [=the weatherman is saying that a large/small amount of snow will fall]
We got 12 inches of 'snow'. [=we had a snowstorm that left 12 inches of snow on the ground]
They'd been promised a big return on their investments, but all they got was a 'snow job'.
(..) I'm from Minnesota and now I live here. And how about Minnesota? Can you tell us something about it? Well you certainly get a lot more snow than we do. Ha-ha-ha. She's hilarious. Yeah, it get's pretty cold. The lake freezes over. And that’s when we play hockey. (..)2015 Inside Out