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cumulus

Cumulus vs Stratocumulus - What's the difference?

cumulus | stratocumulus |


As nouns the difference between cumulus and stratocumulus

is that cumulus is a large white puffy cloud that develops through convection on a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds while 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.

Cumulus vs Clouds - What's the difference?

cumulus | clouds |


As nouns the difference between cumulus and clouds

is that cumulus is a large white puffy cloud that develops through convection on a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds while clouds is .

As a verb clouds is

(cloud).

Cumulus - What does it mean?

cumulus | |

Cumulus vs Tumulus - What's the difference?

cumulus | tumulus |


As nouns the difference between cumulus and tumulus

is that cumulus is a large white puffy cloud that develops through convection. On a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds while tumulus is a mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.

Cumulus vs Fumulus - What's the difference?

cumulus | fumulus |


As nouns the difference between cumulus and fumulus

is that cumulus is a large white puffy cloud that develops through convection on a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds while fumulus is a very thin cloud resembling a veil, especially one formed of water droplets from a rising plume (from a cooling tower etc).

Cumulus vs Cumulous - What's the difference?

cumulus | cumulous |


As a noun cumulus

is a large white puffy cloud that develops through convection. On a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds.

As an adjective cumulous is

alternative form of lang=en.

Taxonomy vs Cumulus - What's the difference?

taxonomy | cumulus |


As nouns the difference between taxonomy and cumulus

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while cumulus is a large white puffy cloud that develops through convection on a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds.

Stratus vs Cumulus - What's the difference?

stratus | cumulus |


As nouns the difference between stratus and cumulus

is that stratus is a principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform luminance; abbreviated St while cumulus is a large white puffy cloud that develops through convection. On a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds.

Cumulus vs Cumuliform - What's the difference?

cumulus | cumuliform |


As a noun cumulus

is a large white puffy cloud that develops through convection on a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds.

As an adjective cumuliform is

having the shape of a cumulus cloud.

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