different between haboob vs duststorm

English

Etymology

Arabic ??????? (hab?b, “strong wind”), from the root ? ? ?? (h-b-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??bu?b/

Noun

haboob (plural haboobs)

1. A violent sandstorm or duststorm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America.

   Coordinate term: duster

   • 2013, Giles Slade, American Exodus: Climate Change and the Coming Flight for Survival, New Society Publishers (?ISBN), page 154:

     Americans used to call these storms “dusters,” but as a sign of increasing globalization, most news outlets now call them by their Gulf Arabic name haboob. […] In Blackwell, Oklahoma 21, 2012, a haboob with a storm front two miles across closed the town and stopped all traffic on I-35 while causing about half a million dollars in damage.

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Further reading

• haboob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• dust storm

Etymology

dust +? storm

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?st.st??(?)m/
• Rhymes: -??(r)m

Noun

duststorm (plural duststorms)

1. phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow particles up in a planet's atmosphere.

   In the early part of the 20th century, "dust bowl" storms in the central U.S. were responsible for crippling damage to the agricultural infrastructure.

Related terms

• sand storm

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