current of air vs chinook

chinook vs current of air

current of air and chinook both are nouns.

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

As nouns, chinook is a hyponym of current of air; that is, chinook 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
chinook: a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

Other hyponyms of current of air include airstream, calm, calm air, air, breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, 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)	chinook (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
	pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
	a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

Difference between current of air and chinook

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