air current vs crosswind

crosswind vs air current

air current and crosswind both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
air current	Yes	No	No	No
crosswind	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crosswind is a hyponym of air current; that is, crosswind 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
crosswind: wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft

Other hyponyms of air current include airstream, calm, calm air, air, breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, chinook, chinook wind, snow eater, harmattan, foehn, fohn, khamsin, Santa Ana, high wind, headwind, catabatic wind, 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)	crosswind (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft

Difference between air current and crosswind

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