current of air vs sou'wester

sou'wester vs current of air

current of air and sou'wester both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
current of air	Yes	No	No	No
sou'wester	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sou'wester is a hyponym of current of air; that is, sou'wester 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
sou'wester: a strong wind from the southwest

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, doldrums, languor, east wind, easter, easterly, northwest wind, northwester, 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)	sou'wester (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front
	a strong wind from the southwest

Difference between current of air and sou'wester

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