different between typhoon vs whirlpool

English

Etymology

Its ultimate origin is generally thought to be Sinitic ????? ("big wind", Mandarin dàf?ng, Cantonese daai6 fung1).

It entered English as early as 1588, perhaps via Portuguese tufão (attested since at least 1560) from Arabic ???????? (??f?n) (compare Persian ?????? (tufân), Hindi ?????? (t?f?n)).

Within English, its form was influenced by Ancient Greek ????? (Tuphôn, “Typhon, father of the winds”). (Some sources suggest the term originated in Greek and travelled via Arabic to Chinese before making its way back to Europe, but this is implausible.)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ta??fu?n/
• (General American) enPR: t?fo?on?, IPA^(key): /ta??fun/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Noun

typhoon (plural typhoons)

1. A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Russian: ??????? (tajfún)
  • ? Kazakh: ?????? (tayfwn)
• ? Turkish: tayfun

Translations

Verb

typhoon (third-person singular simple present typhoons, present participle typhooning, simple past and past participle typhooned)

1. (intransitive) To swirl like a hurricane.

See also

• cyclone
• hurricane
• tornado

References

English

Etymology

From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, equivalent to whirl +? pool. Compare whirlpit.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?lpul/, /?hw?lpul/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??lpu?l/
• Hyphenation: whirl?pool

Noun

whirlpool (plural whirlpools)

1. A swirling body of water.

   A whirlpool is an instance of a vortex produced by ocean tides, or by a hole underneath where the water would drain out, such as in a bathtub.

2. A hot tub, jacuzzi.
   • 1995, Orange Coast Magazine (volume 21, number 6, page 56)

     The meatloaf has been cooking in the oven for the last hour and should be ready just about the time George climbs out of the whirlpool.

3. Turmoil, or agitated excitement.

Derived terms

• whirlpool galaxy

Translations

Verb

whirlpool (third-person singular simple present whirlpools, present participle whirlpooling, simple past and past participle whirlpooled)

1. (intransitive) To spin or swirl like the water in a whirlpool.