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turbulency vs countercurrent

countercurrent vs turbulency

turbulency and countercurrent both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
turbulency Yes No No No
countercurrent Yes No No No
As nouns, countercurrent is a hyponym of turbulency; that is, countercurrent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than turbulency:
  • turbulency: unstable flow of a liquid or gas
  • countercurrent: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Other hyponyms of turbulency include crosscurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip.
turbulency (noun) countercurrent (noun)
unstable flow of a liquid or gas actions counter to the main group activity
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Difference between turbulency and countercurrent

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