current of air vs airstream

airstream vs current of air

current of air and airstream both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
current of air	Yes	No	No	No
airstream	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, airstream is a hyponym of current of air; that is, airstream is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than current of air:

current of air: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
airstream: a relatively well-defined prevailing wind

Other hyponyms of current of air include 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, southerly, squall, thermal, draft, draught, west wind, wester.

current of air (noun)	airstream (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	a relatively well-defined prevailing wind
	the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Difference between current of air and airstream

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