The difference between Dust devil and Hurricane

When used as nouns, dust devil means a small atmospheric vortex appearing in clear, dry conditions, made visible by swirling dust picked up from the ground, whereas hurricane means a severe tropical cyclone in the north atlantic ocean, caribbean sea, gulf of mexico, or in the eastern north pacific off the west coast of mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.

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  1. Dust devil as a noun:

    A small atmospheric vortex appearing in clear, dry conditions, made visible by swirling dust picked up from the ground.

    Examples:

    "A dust devil may look harmless, but a large one can overturn a car."

  1. Hurricane as a noun:

    A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.

  2. Hurricane as a noun (meteorology):

    a wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm

  1. Hurricane as a noun (sports, aerial freestyle skiing):

    "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip

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