Whirlpool vs Tornado - What's the difference?
whirlpool | tornado |
A swirling body of water.
Turmoil, or agitated excitement.
(meteorology) A violent windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud.
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As nouns the difference between whirlpool and tornado
is that whirlpool is a swirling body of water while tornado is a violent windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud.whirlpool
English
(wikipedia whirlpool)Noun
(en noun)- A whirlpool is an instance of a vortex produced by ocean tides, or by a hole underneath where the water would drain out, such as in a bathtub.
Derived terms
* whirlpool galaxytornado
English
(wikipedia tornado)Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}
- A tornado is a rotating column of air, pendant from a cumulonimbus cloud, and nearly always observable as a funnel cloud or tuba. Its vortex, meters in diameter, rotates counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere, with wind speeds of 160 to more than 480 kilometres per hour.