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Cumulonimbus vs Cumulus - What's the difference?

cumulonimbus | cumulus |

As nouns the difference between cumulonimbus and cumulus

is that cumulonimbus is a cloud, with a tall structure and a flat base, that is often associated with thunderstorms while cumulus is a large white puffy cloud that develops through convection. On a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds.

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

    cumulus

    English

    (wikipedia cumulus)

    Noun

    (cumuli)
  • A large white puffy cloud that develops through convection. On a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds.
  • * 2007 September 1, "Who’s afraid of Google?: The world’s internet superpower faces testing times", in , The Economist Newspaper Ltd, ISSN 0013-0613, volume 384, number 8544, page 9,
    • Ironically, there is something rather cloudlike about the multiple complaints surrounding Google. The issues are best parted into two cumuli : a set of “public” arguments about how to regulate Google; and a set of “private” ones for Google’s managers, to do with the strategy the firm needs to get through the coming storm.
  • A mound or heap.