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wind vs chinook

chinook vs wind

wind and chinook both are nouns.

wind is a verb but chinook is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wind Yes No Yes No
chinook Yes No No No
As nouns, chinook is a hyponym of wind; that is, chinook is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wind:
  • wind: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
  • chinook: a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
Other hyponyms of wind include airstream, calm, calm air, air, breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, 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, thermal, draft, draught, west wind, wester.
wind (noun) chinook (noun)
breath large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
an indication of potential opportunity
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
a tendency or force that influences events
the act of winding or twisting
wind (verb) chinook (verb)
coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
form into a wreath
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
arrange or coil around
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
extend in curves and turns
catch the scent of; get wind of
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