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What is the difference between thundercloud and thunder?

thundercloud | thunder |

Thundercloud is a derived term of thunder.


As nouns the difference between thundercloud and thunder

is that thundercloud is a large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a stormcloud while thunder is the sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge.

As a verb thunder is

to make a noise like thunder.

thundercloud

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a stormcloud
  • (by extension) something menacing and brooding
    • As the ominous thunderclouds of war gather over the Middle East, countries like France and Russia have threatened to use their veto in the United Nations to thwart immediate U.S. military force against Iraq. - [http://www.faluninfo.net/displayAnArticle.asp?ID=7103]

    thunder

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia thunder)
  • The sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge.
    • Thunder ''is preceded by lightning.
  • A sound resembling thunder; especially, one produced by a jet airplane in flight.
  • A deep, rumbling noise.
    • Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede.
  • An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
  • * Prescott
    • The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of princes.
  • (obsolete) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The revenging gods / 'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend.
  • (figuratively) The spotlight.

    • Usage notes

    * roll, clap, peal are some of the words used to count thunder.

    Derived terms

    * thunder and lightning * thunderation * thunderbird * thunderbolt * thunderboomer * thunderbox * thunderclap * thundercloud * thunderhead * thunderous * thundersquall * thunderstorm * thunder thighs

    See also

    * lightning

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; often used impersonally.
  • (label) To make a noise like thunder.
  • (label) To talk with a loud, threatening voice.
  • (label) To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
  • To produce something with incredible power
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 19 , author=Jonathan Stevenson , title=Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Just as it appeared Arsenal had taken the sting out of the tie, Johnson produced a moment of outrageous quality, thundering a bullet of a left foot shot out of the blue and into the top left-hand corner of Wojciech Szczesny's net with the Pole grasping at thin air.}}

    Derived terms

    * thunderer