The difference between Cyclone and Typhoon

When used as nouns, cyclone means a system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure, whereas typhoon means a weather phenomenon in the northwestern pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118km/h) or above. equivalent to a cyclone in the indian ocean and indonesia/australia.


Typhoon is also verb with the meaning: to swirl like a hurricane.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cyclone and Typhoon

  1. Cyclone as a noun:

    A system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure.

  2. Cyclone as a noun:

    A low pressure system.

  3. Cyclone as a noun (informal):

    The more or less violent, small-scale circulations such as tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust devils.

  4. Cyclone as a noun:

    A strong wind.

  5. Cyclone as a noun:

    A South Pacific and Indian Ocean weather phenomenon that results in wind speeds of around 150 to 200 km/h.

  6. Cyclone as a noun:

    A cyclone separator; the cylindrical vortex tube within such a separator

  1. Typhoon as a noun:

    A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.

  1. Typhoon as a verb (intransitive):

    To swirl like a hurricane.

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