air current vs catabatic wind

catabatic wind vs air current

air current and catabatic wind both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
air current	Yes	No	No	No
catabatic wind	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, catabatic wind is a hyponym of air current; that is, catabatic wind is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than air current:

air current: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
catabatic wind: a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air

Other hyponyms of air current include airstream, calm, calm air, air, breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, chinook, chinook wind, snow eater, harmattan, crosswind, foehn, fohn, khamsin, Santa Ana, high wind, headwind, katabatic wind, tailwind, doldrums, languor, east wind, easter, easterly, northwest wind, northwester, sou'wester, southwester, sou'easter, southeaster, gale, blast, blow, gust, monsoon, monsoon, boreas, north wind, norther, northerly, prevailing wind, samiel, simoom, simoon, south wind, souther, southerly, squall, thermal, draft, draught, west wind, wester.

air current (noun)	catabatic wind (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air

Difference between air current and catabatic wind

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