Eddy vs Whirlwind - What's the difference?
eddy | whirlwind |
A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
A circular current; a whirlpool.
* Dryden
* Addison
To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
* Wordsworth
A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.
(figuratively) A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward.
Rapid and minimal: a whirlwind tour'', ''a whirlwind guide .
As nouns the difference between eddy and whirlwind
is that eddy is a current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current while whirlwind is a violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.As a verb eddy
is to form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.As a proper noun Eddy
is a diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.As an adjective whirlwind is
rapid and minimal: a whirlwind tour, a whirlwind guide.eddy
English
Noun
(eddies)- And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
- Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.
See also
* countercurrent * dust devilVerb
- Eddying round and round they sink.
References
Anagrams
* (l) ----whirlwind
English
Noun
(wikipedia whirlwind)- The weeks leading up to the convention were a whirlwind of preparation and hurried activity.
- Once he got that new scooter he turned into a whirlwind and damaged all the flowers.
