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Gale vs Typhoon - What's the difference?

gale | typhoon |

As nouns the difference between gale and typhoon

is that gale is (label) (ship propelled primarily by oars) while typhoon is a weather phenomenon in the eastern pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118km/h) or above equivalent to a cyclone in the indian ocean and indonesia/australia.

gale

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) galen, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

Verb

  • To sing; charm; enchant.
  • * Court of Love
  • Can he cry and gale .
  • To cry; groan; croak.
  • To talk.
  • (intransitive, of a bird, Scotland) To call.
  • To sing; utter with musical modulations.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
  • An outburst, especially of laughter.
  • a gale of laughter
  • (archaic) A light breeze.
  • * Shakespeare
  • A little gale will soon disperse that cloud.
  • * Milton
  • And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odours fanned / From their soft wings.
  • (obsolete) A song or story.
  • (Toone)
    Coordinate terms
    * (meteorology) breeze, hurricane, storm

    See also

    * Beaufort scale

    Verb

    (gal)
  • (nautical) To sail, or sail fast.
  • Etymology 3

    (etyl) (en)

    Noun

    (Myrica gale) (Webster 1913)
  • A shrub, also sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale ) growing on moors and fens.
  • Etymology 4

    (etyl)

    Noun

  • (archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
  • Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due.
    References

    Anagrams

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    typhoon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.
  • World War II aircraft, Hawker typhoon.
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  • Derived terms

    * typhoon fifth

    See also

    * cyclone * hurricane * tornado