Hurricane vs Climate - What's the difference?
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(en noun)
A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea]], Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North [[Pacific Ocean, Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 74 miles per hour (119 kph) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
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(meteorology) a wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm
(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip
(obsolete) An area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.
(obsolete) A region of the Earth.
The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).
(figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation.
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(poetic, obsolete) To dwell.
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As nouns the difference between hurricane and climate
is that hurricane is a severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 74 miles per hour (119 kph) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes while climate is an area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.As a proper noun Hurricane
is a British fighter aircraft used during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain.As a verb climate is
to dwell.hurricane
English
(Tropical cyclone)Etymology 1
From (etyl) , ultimately from the name of the (etyl) storm god Juracán whom the Taínos believed dwelled on El Yunque mountain and, when he was upset, sent the strong winds and rain upon them.Noun
citation, passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes .}}
Coordinate terms
* (type of a cyclone) cyclone, tropical storm, typhoon * (meteorology) breeze, gale, stormSee also
* * anticyclone * windEtymology 2
Coined by Jeret PetersonNoun
(en noun)See also
* (freestyle aerial skiing) rudy, randy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, slap-back, stretchAnagrams
* Terms derived from Mayan languagesclimate
English
Noun
(en noun)- Industries that require a lot of fossil fuels are unlikely to be popular in the current political climate .
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Derived terms
* acclimate * acclimatise, acclimatize * climate change * political climateVerb
(climat)- The blessed gods / Purge all infection from our air whilst you / Do climate here!