Cloudburst vs Thunderstorm - What's the difference?
cloudburst | thunderstorm |
A sudden heavy rainstorm.
* 1899 , , "A Cup of Cold Water" in The Greater Inclination :
* 1908 , , The Riverman , ch. 38:
* 1936 Aug. 17, "
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A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.
As nouns the difference between cloudburst and thunderstorm
is that cloudburst is a sudden heavy rainstorm while thunderstorm is a storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.cloudburst
English
(wikipedia cloudburst)Alternative forms
* cloud-burstNoun
(en noun)- [B]ut the sound . . . expressed an utter abandonment to grief; not the cloud-burst of some passing emotion, but the slow down-pour of a whole heaven of sorrow.
- A cloudburst in the China Creek district followed by continued heavy rains was responsible for the increased water.
Miscellany," Time (retrieved 20 May 2014):
- In Uniontown, Pa., John Walchesky & family rushed from their house when lightning set it afire, rushed in again when a cloudburst put out the blaze.
Devotion'', chapter 1" (book excerpt), ''New York Times (retrieved 20 May 2014):
- [H]e walked across the lawn, wet from a fleeting late-afternoon cloudburst , the first rain in a month.