“A thunderstorm is a hurricane.”
Usage Entry 1309 / 1350 60-second read
Storm vs. Hurricane
Any severe weather event versus a specific tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 74+ mph.
The comparisoni
“A thunderstorm is a storm — not a hurricane. Hurricanes are tropical cyclones with sustained winds of 74+ mph.”
The ruleii
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STORM = any. HURRICANE = specific.
STORM is a broad term — thunderstorms, snowstorms, dust storms. HURRICANE is a specific: a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic or NE Pacific with sustained winds of 74+ mph (119 km/h). Same storm in the NW Pacific is a typhoon; elsewhere, a tropical cyclone.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
All hurricanes are storms. Not all storms are hurricanes.