different between windstorm vs derecho

English

Etymology

wind +? storm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?ndst??(?)m/

Noun

windstorm (plural windstorms)

1. A storm in which there are strong, violent winds but no precipitation.

Derived terms

• fart in a windstorm

Translations

Anagrams

• stormwind

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish derecho (“straight”), this term seems to have been coined by Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs in 1888 to contrast derechos from tornadoes, which twist; compare the etymology of tornado. Doublet of direct.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /d???e?.t?o?/

Noun

derecho (plural derechos)

1. (US) A windstorm with strong straight-line winds.

Translations

Further reading

• derecho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• chordee, cohered, heredoc, ochered

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *d?r?ctus, from Latin d?rectus.

Adjective

derecho (Latin spelling, feminine derecha)

1. straight, simple

Derived terms

• enderechar

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish derecho.

Noun

derecho

1. the right to
2. (civil) right
3. claim
4. tax

Spanish

Alternative forms

• drecho (obsolete, regional)

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *d?r?ctus, from Latin d?rectus. Doublet of directo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de??et??o/, [d?e??e.t??o]
• Hyphenation: de?re?cho
• Rhymes: -et?o

Adjective

derecho (feminine derecha, masculine plural derechos, feminine plural derechas)

1. straight (not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length)

   Synonym: recto

2. straight; upright (perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique)

3. right, right-hand (designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north)

4. correct, appropriate, right

Derived terms

Noun

derecho m (plural derechos)

1. right (a legal, just or moral entitlement)

2. law, jurisprudence (the study of laws)
3. law (the profession of dealing with laws (as lawyers, judges, etc.))
4. right (the outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.)
   1. (textiles) right side (The side of a fabric that is intended to face outward on a finished project)
5. (in the plural) duties, taxes, fees, charges
6. (rare) path, road

   Synonyms: sendero, camino

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: derecho
• ? Papiamentu: derecho, drechi

Adverb

derecho

1. straight (of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line)

   Synonym: recto

2. straight (directly; without pause, delay or detour)

   Synonym: directamente

References

Further reading

• “derecho” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.