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upshot vs Coriolis effect

Coriolis effect vs upshot

upshot and Coriolis effect both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
upshot Yes No No No
Coriolis effect Yes No No No
As nouns, Coriolis effect is a hyponym of upshot; that is, Coriolis effect is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than upshot:
  • upshot: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
  • Coriolis effect: (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere
upshot (noun) Coriolis effect (noun)
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere
Difference between upshot and Coriolis effect

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