The difference between Hurricane and Tropical storm

When used as nouns, 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, whereas tropical storm means a cyclone within the tropics, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60 - 120 km) per hour.

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  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

  1. Tropical storm as a noun:

    A cyclone within the tropics, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60 - 120 km) per hour.

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