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turbulency vs crosscurrent

crosscurrent vs turbulency

turbulency and crosscurrent both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
turbulency Yes No No No
crosscurrent Yes No No No
As nouns, crosscurrent is a hyponym of turbulency; that is, crosscurrent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than turbulency:
  • turbulency: unstable flow of a liquid or gas
  • crosscurrent: 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 countercurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip.
turbulency (noun) crosscurrent (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 crosscurrent

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