Aircraft vs Hurricane - What's the difference?
aircraft | hurricane |
A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.
(en noun)
A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea]], Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North [[Pacific Ocean, Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 74 miles per hour (119 kph) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
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(meteorology) a wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm
(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip
As nouns the difference between aircraft and hurricane
is that aircraft is a vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift while hurricane is a severe tropical cyclone in the north atlantic ocean, caribbean sea]], gulf of mexico, or in the eastern north [[pacific ocean|pacific off the west coast of mexico, with winds of 74 miles per hour (119 kph) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes or hurricane can be (sports|aerial freestyle skiing) "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip.aircraft
English
(wikipedia aircraft)Noun
(aircraft)Usage notes
* The nonstandard plural form is in use among non-native speakers of English.Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* aircraft carrier * model aircraft * rocket aircrafthurricane
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(Tropical cyclone)Etymology 1
From (etyl) , ultimately from the name of the (etyl) storm god Juracán whom the Taínos believed dwelled on El Yunque mountain and, when he was upset, sent the strong winds and rain upon them.Noun
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