different between attack vs storm

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakka (“stick”). Doublet of attach.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US, General Australian) IPA^(key): /??tæk/, [??t?æk]
• Rhymes: -æk

Noun

attack (plural attacks)

1. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
2. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.

3. A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.

4. (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.

   Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry.

5. (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.

   birthday attack; denial-of-service attack

6. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
7. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.

   Synonyms: hit, spike

8. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
9. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.

10. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
11. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.

    Antonyms: decay, release

12. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:attack

Hyponyms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

attack (third-person singular simple present attacks, present participle attacking, simple past and past participle attacked)

1. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.

2. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
3. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
   • 1866, Balfour Stewart, An Elementary Treatise on Heat

     Hydrofluoric acid […] attacks the glass.

4. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.

5. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
6. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
7. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
8. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
9. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
10. (chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:attack

Translations

Further reading

• attack in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• attack in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• attack at OneLook Dictionary Search

Swedish

Etymology

From French attaque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?tak/

Noun

attack c

1. attack; an attempt to cause damage
2. attack; offense of a battle

Declension

Synonyms

• anfall

Related terms

• attackera

Derived terms

• hjärtattack

Anagrams

• tackat

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /st??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /st??m/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m

Etymology 1

From Middle English storm, from Old English storm (“a storm, tempest; a storm of arrows; disturbance, disquiet; uproar, tumult; rush, onrush, attack, violent attack”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Cognate with Scots storm (“storm”), West Frisian stoarm (“storm”), Dutch storm (“storm”), Low German storm (“storm”), German Sturm (“storm”), Danish storm (“storm”), Swedish storm (“storm”), Norwegian Bokmål storm (“storm”), Norwegian Nynorsk storm (“storm”), Icelandic stormur (“storm”). Related to stir.

Noun

storm (plural storms)

1. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather.
2. (Australia) A thunderstorm.
3. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; violent outbreak.
4. (meteorology) a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane (10 or higher on the Beaufort scale).
5. (military) A violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:storm

Coordinate terms

• (meteorology): breeze, gale, hurricane

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Esperanto: ?tormo
• ? Irish: stoirm
• ? Scottish Gaelic: stoirm

Translations

See also

• blizzard

Etymology 2

From Middle English stormen, sturmen, from Old English styrman (“to storm, rage; make a great noise, cry aloud, shout”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmijan? (“to storm”). Cognate with Dutch stormen (“to storm; bluster”), Low German stormen (“to storm”), German stürmen (“to storm; rage; attack; assault”), Swedish storma (“to storm; bluster”), Icelandic storma (“to storm”).

Verb

storm (third-person singular simple present storms, present participle storming, simple past and past participle stormed)

1. (impersonal) (weather it) be violent, with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

2. (intransitive) (figuratively) rage or fume; be in a violent temper.
   • 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants

     The master storms, the lady scolds.

3. (intransitive, with adverbial of direction) move quickly and noisily like a storm, usually in a state of uproar or anger.

4. (transitive) [army; crowd, rioters] assault (a significant building) with the aim to gain power over it.

5. (transitive) (rare, poetic) to assault, gain power over (heart, mind+).

Derived terms

• bestorm

Translations

Further reading

• storm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Beaufort scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Storm in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Morts, morts

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch storm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?rm/, [st??m], [?st???m]
• The plural is almost always disyllabic.

Noun

storm (plural storms)

1. storm

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse stormr (“storm”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

Noun

storm c (singular definite stormen, plural indefinite storme)

1. storm

Inflection

Verb

storm

1. imperative of storme

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?rm/
• Hyphenation: storm
• Rhymes: -?rm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch storm, from Old Dutch *storm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.

Noun

storm m (plural stormen, diminutive stormpje n)

1. storm; a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane.
2. (of sieges or battles) assault, storming

   Synonym: bestorming

Usage notes

Unlike English storm, the Dutch word is not associated with rainfall. A storm may, of course, be accompanied by rainfall, but the word as such refers only to strong winds.

Derived terms

• stormen
• stormachtig
• stormvloed
• stormweer
• stormwind
• beeldenstorm
• hagelstorm
• regenstorm
• sneeuwstorm
• wervelstorm
• zandstorm
• zeestorm

Descendants

• Afrikaans: storm

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

storm

1. first-person singular present indicative of stormen
2. imperative of stormen

Anagrams

• morst

Icelandic

Noun

storm

1. indefinite accusative singular of stormur

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *storm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.

Noun

storm m

1. storm, violent weather
2. storm, heavy wind
3. storm, assault

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: storm
• Limburgish: stórm

Further reading

• “storm (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “storm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• storme, strom, starme, storem (all but the first are rare)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English storm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?rm/

Noun

storm (plural stormes)

1. A storm; an instance of intense wind and precipitation (including a snowstorm)
2. An armed dispute, brawl or fight; an instance of combativeness.
3. (rare) Any intense event, happening, or force.

Related terms

• stormy

Descendants

• English: storm
  • ? Esperanto: ?tormo
  • ? Irish: stoirm
  • ? Scottish Gaelic: stoirm
• Scots: storm
• Yola: stharm, starm

References

• “storm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

Noun

storm m (definite singular stormen, indefinite plural stormer, definite plural stormene)

1. a storm

   en storm i et vannglass - a storm in a teacup (British)

Derived terms

Related terms

• storme

Etymology 2

Verb

storm

1. imperative of storme

References

• “storm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Akin to English storm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?rm/

Noun

storm m (definite singular stormen, indefinite plural stormar, definite plural stormane)

1. storm (a very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane)

Derived terms

References

• “storm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• stearm

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sturm, whence also Old Saxon storm, Old High German sturm, Old Norse stormr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /storm/, [stor?m]

Noun

storm m

1. storm

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: storm
  • English: storm
    • ? Esperanto: ?tormo
    • ? Irish: stoirm
    • ? Scottish Gaelic: stoirm
  • Scots: storm
  • Yola: stharm, starm

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stormber, from Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?rm/

Noun

storm c

1. storm; heavy winds or weather associated with storm winds.

Declension

See also

• ta någon med storm
• storma
• storma in
• snöstorm
• höststorm

Anagrams

• smort