air current vs high wind

high wind vs air current

air current and high wind both are nouns.

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

As nouns, high wind is a hyponym of air current; that is, high 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
high wind: a very strong wind

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, 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)	high wind (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	a very strong wind

Difference between air current and high wind

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