different between drought vs blizzard

English

Alternative forms

• drouth (Scotland, Northern England, poetry). The pronunciation with /?/ properly belongs with this now archaic doublet.

Etymology

From Middle English droghte, drou?te, druhhþe, dru?þe, drou?th, from Old English dr?gaþ, equivalent to dry +? -th. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d?a?t/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [d???t]
• Rhymes: -a?t

Noun

drought (countable and uncountable, plural droughts)

1. A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
2. (by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.

Derived terms

Synonyms

• losing streak

Antonyms

• winning streak

Translations

English

Etymology

Unknown. Compare English blizz (“violent rainstorm”), dialectal English bliz (“violent blow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bl?.z?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bl?.z?d/

Noun

blizzard (plural blizzards)

1. A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.
2. (figuratively) A large amount of paperwork.
3. (figuratively) A large number of similar things.

Translations

Verb

blizzard (third-person singular simple present blizzards, present participle blizzarding, simple past and past participle blizzarded)

1. (impersonal, of snow) To fall in windy conditions.

Coordinate terms

• flurry

Translations

References

French

Noun

blizzard m (plural blizzards)

1. blizzard