current of air vs crosswind

crosswind vs current of air

current of air and crosswind both are nouns.

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

As nouns, crosswind is a hyponym of current of air; that is, crosswind 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
crosswind: wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft

Other hyponyms of current of air include airstream, calm, calm air, air, breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, chinook, chinook wind, snow eater, harmattan, 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)	crosswind (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft

Difference between current of air and crosswind

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