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Stratocumulus vs Lenticularis - What's the difference?

stratocumulus | lenticularis |

In meteorology|lang=en terms the difference between stratocumulus and lenticularis

is that stratocumulus is (meteorology) a principal low-level cloud type, predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous while lenticularis is (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.

As nouns the difference between stratocumulus and lenticularis

is that stratocumulus is (meteorology) a principal low-level cloud type, predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous while lenticularis is (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.

stratocumulus

English

Noun

(stratocumuli)
  • (meteorology) A principal low-level cloud type, predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous.

    • lenticularis

    English

    Noun

    (lenticularis)
  • (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.

    • Synonyms

    * lenticular cloud Source AMS Glossary of Meteorology