air current vs monsoon

monsoon vs air current

air current and monsoon both are nouns.

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

As nouns, monsoon is a hyponym of air current; that is, monsoon 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
monsoon: a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter

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, catabatic wind, katabatic wind, tailwind, doldrums, languor, east wind, easter, easterly, northwest wind, northwester, sou'wester, southwester, sou'easter, southeaster, gale, blast, blow, gust, boreas, north wind, norther, northerly, prevailing wind, samiel, simoom, simoon, south wind, souther, southerly, squall, thermal, draft, draught, west wind, wester.

air current (noun)	monsoon (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter
	any wind that changes direction with the seasons
	rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains

Difference between air current and monsoon

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