Master confusing words with ease
Hurricane vs. Typhoon
Hurricane
/ˈhʌrəkən/Examples:
Many towns were hammered by the hurricane.Twelve days later, a hurricane hit our ship.The hurricane caused widespread flooding in the region.
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This word has no antonymsTyphoon
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The typhoon uprooted hundreds of ancient trees in the park.Satellite images captured the massive typhoon approaching the coast.Emergency shelters were prepared in anticipation of the typhoon.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Typhoon and hurricane refer to the same weather phenomenon but are named differently based on the location where they occur.
- Typhoons are specifically tropical cyclones occurring in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.
- Hurricanes refer to the same type of storm but occur in the North Atlantic Ocean, the central and eastern North Pacific Ocean.
- Remember that typhoons affect Asian countries like Japan and the Philippines.
- Think of hurricanes impacting the United States and the Caribbean islands.
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