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tramontane vs north wind

north wind vs tramontane

tramontane and north wind both are nouns.

tramontane is an adjective but north wind is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tramontane Yes Yes No No
north wind Yes No No No
As nouns, north wind is a hypernym of tramontane; that is, north wind is a word with a broader meaning than tramontane:
  • tramontane: a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
  • north wind: a wind that blows from the north
Other hypernyms of tramontane include boreas, norther, northerly.
tramontane (noun) north wind (noun)
a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean a wind that blows from the north
tramontane (adjective) north wind (adjective)
on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
being or coming from another country
Difference between tramontane and north wind

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