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wind vs doldrums

doldrums vs wind

wind and doldrums both are nouns.

wind is a verb but doldrums is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wind Yes No Yes No
doldrums Yes No No No
As nouns, doldrums is a hyponym of wind; that is, doldrums 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
  • doldrums: a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
Other hyponyms of wind include airstream, calm, calm air, air, breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, chinook, chinook wind, snow eater, harmattan, crosswind, foehn, fohn, khamsin, Santa Ana, high wind, headwind, catabatic wind, katabatic wind, tailwind, 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) doldrums (noun)
breath a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
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) doldrums (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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