air current vs sou'wester

sou'wester vs air current

air current and sou'wester both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
air current	Yes	No	No	No
sou'wester	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sou'wester is a hyponym of air current; that is, sou'wester 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
sou'wester: a strong wind from the southwest

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, 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)	sou'wester (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front
	a strong wind from the southwest

Difference between air current and sou'wester

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