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Cirrus vs Cumulonimbus - What's the difference?

cirrus | cumulonimbus |

As nouns the difference between cirrus and cumulonimbus

is that cirrus is (botany) a tendril while cumulonimbus is a cloud, with a tall structure and a flat base, that is often associated with thunderstorms.

cirrus

English

(cirrus cloud)

Noun

(cirri)
  • (botany) A tendril.
  • (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage.
  • (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.
  • * 1996 , (David Foster Wallace), Infinite Jest , Abacus 2013, p. 15:
    • The blue sky is glossy and fat with heat, a few thin cirri sheared to blown strands like hair at the rims.

    cumulonimbus

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cumulo-nimbus

    Noun

    (cumulonimbi)
  • A cloud, with a tall structure and a flat base, that is often associated with thunderstorms.

    • Derived terms

    * cumulonimbus calvus * cumulonimbus capillatus