current of air vs doldrums

doldrums vs current of air

current of air and doldrums both are nouns.

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

As nouns, doldrums is a hyponym of current of air; that is, doldrums 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
doldrums: a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific

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, catabatic wind, katabatic wind, tailwind, 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)	doldrums (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
	a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)

Difference between current of air and doldrums

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