current of air vs tailwind

tailwind vs current of air

current of air and tailwind both are nouns.

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

As nouns, tailwind is a hyponym of current of air; that is, tailwind 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
tailwind: wind blowing in the same direction as 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, crosswind, foehn, fohn, khamsin, Santa Ana, high wind, headwind, catabatic wind, katabatic wind, 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)	tailwind (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft

Difference between current of air and tailwind

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