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Stormy vs Breakneck - What's the difference?

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Stormy is a related term of breakneck.


As adjectives the difference between stormy and breakneck

is that stormy is of or pertaining to storms while breakneck is dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.

As a noun breakneck is

a fall that breaks the neck.

stormy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Of or pertaining to storms.
  • Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.
    • a stormy''' season or ''a '''stormy day
  • * 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
    • Fabio Capello insisted Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.
  • Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.
    • a stormy''' sound'' or '''''stormy shocks
  • Violent; passionate; rough.
    • stormy passions

    Antonyms

    * calm

    breakneck

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
    • He came running around the corner at a breakneck pace and couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting the fruit stand.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fall that breaks the neck.
  • A dangerous steep place from which one could fall.