Gale vs. Storm

Galeverb

To sing; charm; enchant.

Galeverb

To cry; groan; croak.

Galeverb

To talk.

Galeverb

To call.

Galeverb

To sing; utter with musical modulations.

Galeverb

(nautical) To sail, or sail fast.

Galenoun

(meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.

Galenoun

An outburst, especially of laughter.

Galenoun

(archaic) A light breeze.

Galenoun

(obsolete) A song or story.

Galenoun

A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.

Galenoun

(archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.

Galenoun

A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.

Galenoun

A moderate current of air; a breeze.

Galenoun

A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.

Galenoun

A song or story.

Galenoun

A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America.

Galenoun

The payment of a rent or annuity.

Galeverb

To sale, or sail fast.

Galeverb

To sing.

Galenoun

a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

Gale

A gale is a strong wind, typically used as a descriptor in nautical contexts. The U.S. National Weather Service defines a gale as 34–47 knots (63–87 km/h, 17.5–24.2 m/s or 39–54 miles/hour) of sustained surface winds.

Stormnoun

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather.

Stormnoun

A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; violent outbreak.

Stormnoun

(meteorology) a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane (10 or higher on the Beaufort scale).

Stormnoun

(military) A violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position.

Stormverb

To move quickly and noisily like a storm, usually in a state of uproar or anger.

Stormverb

(intransitive) To rage or fume; to be in a violent temper.

Stormverb

(transitive) To assault (a stronghold or fortification) with military forces.

Stormverb

(impersonal) To have the weather be violent, with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

Stormnoun

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not.

Stormnoun

A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.

Stormnoun

A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence.

Stormnoun

A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.

Stormverb

To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town.

Stormverb

To raise a tempest.

Stormverb

To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; - used impersonally; as, it storms.

Stormverb

To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume.

Stormnoun

a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening

Stormnoun

a violent commotion or disturbance;

Stormnoun

a direct and violent assault on a stronghold

Stormverb

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

Stormverb

take by force;

Stormverb

rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning;

Stormverb

blow hard;

Stormverb

attack by storm; attack suddenly

Storm

A storm is any disturbed state of an environment or in an astronomical body's atmosphere especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain (ice storm), strong winds (tropical cyclone, windstorm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere as in a dust storm, blizzard, sandstorm, etc.