Tsunami vs Tornado - What's the difference?
tsunami | tornado |
A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.
(meteorology) A violent windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud.
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As nouns the difference between tsunami and tornado
is that tsunami is a very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption while tornado is a violent windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud.tsunami
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Alternative forms
* sunami (nonstandard)Noun
(en-noun)Quotations
* (English Citations of "tsunami")Synonyms
* tidal wave (usage conflict)Derived terms
* megatsunami * teletsunami * tsunamigenic * tsunameterSee also
* earthquake * flood * natural disaster * seaquake * seiche * tidal wave * waterquakeExternal links
*("tsunami" on Wikipedia) *(versity) *(comcatlite) English nouns with irregular plurals English words affected by prescriptivism ----tornado
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(wikipedia tornado)Noun
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- 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.