air current vs northerly

northerly vs air current

air current and northerly both are nouns.

air current is not an adjective while northerly is an adjective.

air current is not an adverb while northerly is an adverb.

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

As nouns, northerly is a hyponym of air current; that is, northerly 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
northerly: a wind that blows from the north

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, monsoon, monsoon, boreas, north wind, norther, prevailing wind, samiel, simoom, simoon, south wind, souther, southerly, squall, thermal, draft, draught, west wind, wester.

air current (noun)	northerly (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	a wind that blows from the north

air current (adjective)	northerly (adjective)
	coming from the north; used especially of wind
	oriented toward the north

air current (adverb)	northerly (adverb)
	in a northern direction

Difference between air current and northerly

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