different between landfall vs windfall

English

Etymology

land +? fall

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?lænd.f??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?lænd.f?l/, /?lænd.f?l/

Noun

landfall (countable and uncountable, plural landfalls)

1. Arrival at the shore by ship.

   We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!

   Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.

2. The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
3. (obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
4. A landslip.

Derived terms

• make landfall

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English windfal, wyndfall, equivalent to wind +? fall. Cognate with Middle High German wintval, wintfal, German Windfall.

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?nd?fôl, IPA^(key): /?w?nd.f??l/

Noun

windfall (plural windfalls)

1. Something that has been blown down by the wind.
2. A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind.

3. (figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift.

   Synonyms: godsend, boon

   • 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     Businessmen rushed to get every last commodity aboard a departing ship, hoping for a windfall once the world realized these would be the very last sacks of flour available, thus driving up prices.

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Anagrams

• fall wind