air current vs southerly

southerly vs air current

air current and southerly both are nouns.

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

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

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

As nouns, southerly is a hyponym of air current; that is, southerly 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
southerly: a wind from the south

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, northerly, prevailing wind, samiel, simoom, simoon, south wind, souther, squall, thermal, draft, draught, west wind, wester.

air current (noun)	southerly (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	a wind from the south

air current (adjective)	southerly (adjective)
	from the south; used especially of wind
	situated in or oriented toward the south

air current (adverb)	southerly (adverb)
	from the south
	toward the south

Difference between air current and southerly

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