different between levanter vs hurricane

English

Etymology

Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), figuratively: to flee eastward, literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the western Mediterranean Sea and southern France.

Noun

levanter (plural levanters)

1. An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.
2. One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.

Synonyms

• (wind): Levant

Translations

Further reading

• Levant (wind) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• relevant

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: h?r??-k?n, IPA^(key): /?h???k?n/
• (US) enPR: h?r??-k?n', hûr??-k?n', IPA^(key): /?h????ke?n/, /?h???ke?n/
• (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
• (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurak?.

Noun

hurricane (plural hurricanes)

1. 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. (meteorology) A wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm

Coordinate terms

• (type of a cyclone): cyclone, tropical storm, typhoon
• (meteorology): breeze, gale, storm

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• anticyclone
• wind

Etymology 2

Coined by Jeret Peterson.

Noun

hurricane (plural hurricanes)

1. (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

See also

• (freestyle aerial skiing): rudy, randy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, slap-back, stretch

Anagrams

• raunchier