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Tycoon vs Tornado - What's the difference?

tycoon | tornado |

As nouns the difference between tycoon and tornado

is that tycoon is a wealthy and powerful business person while tornado is tornado.

tycoon

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia tycoon)
  • A wealthy and powerful business person.
    • Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains.
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    • Synonyms

    * captain of industry, magnate, mogul

    Derived terms

    * tycoonocracy

    Related terms

    * daimyo * taipan

    See also

    * ("tycoon" on Wikipedia)

    tornado

    English

    (wikipedia tornado)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (meteorology) A violent windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=Frank Fish, George Lauder , title=Not Just Going with the Flow , volume=101, issue=2, page=114 , magazine= 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.

    Synonyms

    * twister * cyclone

    Derived terms

    * tornado watch, tornado warning (A tornado watch' means that conditions are favorable for producing a tornado. A tornado ' warning means that a tornado has been sighted in the area or has been detected on radar.) * tornado shelter

    See also

    * cyclone * dust devil * hurricane * tsunami * typhoon * waterspout * willy willy

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