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Landfall vs Windfall - What's the difference?

landfall | windfall |

As nouns the difference between landfall and windfall

is that landfall is arrival at the shore by ship while windfall is something that has been blown down by the wind.

landfall

English

(wikipedia landfall)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Arrival at the shore by ship.
    • We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!
    Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall .
  • The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.

    • Derived terms

    * make landfall

    windfall

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that has been blown down by the wind.
  • A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind
    • They couldn't reach the branches, so they ate the windfalls .
  • (figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance.
  • * 2004: , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
    • Businessmen rushed to get every last commodity aboard a departing ship, hoping for a windfall once the world realized these would be the very last sacks of flour available, thus driving up prices.

    Derived terms

    * windfall profit * windfall profits tax * windfall shares * windfall tax