The difference between Hurricane and Typhoon

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 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 Hurricane and Typhoon

  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. 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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