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'.
(..) two days, then ten, then twenty. Each evening the princess looked out... and he never moved! ln rain, in wind, in snow, he was always there. Birds shat on his head, bees stung him... but he didn't budge. At the end... (..)1988 Cinema Paradiso