current of air vs catabatic wind

catabatic wind vs current of air

current of air and catabatic wind both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
current of air	Yes	No	No	No
catabatic wind	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, catabatic wind is a hyponym of current of air; that is, catabatic wind 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
catabatic wind: a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air

Other hyponyms of current of air 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, 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)	catabatic wind (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air

Difference between current of air and catabatic wind

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