different between monsoon vs thunderstorm

monsoon

English

Etymology

From Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson, from Arabic ???????? (mawsim, season), from ??????? (wasama, to mark, to brand).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m?n?su?n/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /m?n?su?n/
  • Rhymes: -u?n

Noun

monsoon (plural monsoons)

  1. Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
  2. Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.
  3. The rains themselves.
  4. Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.

Derived terms

  • monsoon season

Translations

References

monsoon From the web:

  • what monsoon means
  • what monsoons do to the indian subcontinent
  • what monsoon brings cloudless skies
  • what monsoon brings cloudless
  • what monsoon is it now
  • what monsoon winds do for us
  • what monsoon stores are open in ireland


thunderstorm

English

Etymology

From thunder +? storm.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: th?n'd?(r)-stô(r)m', IPA(key): /???n.d?(?)?st??(?)m/, IPA(key): /???n.?(?)?st??(?)m/
  • Rhymes: -??(r)m
  • Hyphenation: thun?der?storm

Noun

thunderstorm (plural thunderstorms)

  1. A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.

Alternative forms

  • t-storm (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

  • storm
  • unweather

Hyponyms

  • dirty thunderstorm

Derived terms

  • dirty thunderstorm
  • thunderstorm asthma
  • thunderstormy

Translations

References

  • thunderstorm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

thunderstorm From the web:

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  • what thunderstorms cause
  • what thunderstorms do
  • what thunderstorms can do
  • what thunderstorm warning
  • what thunderstorm sounds
  • what thunderstorms associated with
  • what thunderstorm watch
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