Tornado vs. Whirlwind
Tornado and Whirlwind Definitions
Tornado
A violently rotating column of air extending from a cumulonimbus cloud to the ground, ranging in width from a few meters to more than a kilometer, with destructive winds up to 510 kilometers (316 miles) per hour or higher. Tornadoes are typically associated with a funnel cloud pendant from a storm's wall cloud, often extending to the bottom of the tornado.
Whirlwind
A rapidly rotating, generally vertical column of air, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout.
Tornado
A violent thunderstorm in western Africa or nearby Atlantic waters.
Whirlwind
A tumultuous, confused rush.
Tornado
A whirlwind or hurricane.
Whirlwind
A destructive force or thing.
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Tornado
(meteorology) A violent windstorm characterized by a mobile, twisting, funnel-shaped cloud.
A tornado is a rotating column of air.
Whirlwind
Tumultuous or rapid
A whirlwind political campaign.
Tornado
A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone.
Whirlwind
A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.
Tornado
A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
Whirlwind
(figuratively) A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward.
Once he got that new scooter he turned into a whirlwind and damaged all the flowers.
The weeks leading up to the convention were a whirlwind of preparation and hurried activity.
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Tornado
A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
Whirlwind
Rapid and minimal: a whirlwind tour, a whirlwind romance.
Whirlwind
A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.
The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods.And drowns the villages.
Whirlwind
Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
Whirlwind
A more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth
