current of air vs thermal

thermal vs current of air

current of air and thermal both are nouns.

current of air is not an adjective while thermal is an adjective.

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

As nouns, thermal is a hyponym of current of air; that is, thermal 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
thermal: rising current of warm air

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, 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, draft, draught, west wind, wester.

current of air (noun)	thermal (noun)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure	rising current of warm air

current of air (adjective)	thermal (adjective)
	relating to or associated with heat
	of or relating to a hot spring
	caused by or designed to retain heat

Difference between current of air and thermal

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