Thunder vs. Lightning

Thundernoun

The loud rumbling or cracking sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.

Thundernoun

A sound resembling thunder; especially, one produced by a jet airplane in flight.

Thundernoun

A deep, rumbling noise.

Thundernoun

An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.

Thundernoun

(obsolete) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.

Thundernoun

(figuratively) The spotlight.

Thunderverb

To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; often used impersonally.

Thunderverb

(intransitive) To make a noise like thunder.

Thunderverb

(intransitive) To talk with a loud, threatening voice.

Thunderverb

(transitive) To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.

Thunderverb

To produce something with incredible power

Thundernoun

The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

Thundernoun

The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.

Thundernoun

Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.

Thundernoun

An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.

Thunderverb

To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; - often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.

Thunderverb

Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.

Thunderverb

To utter violent denunciation.

Thunderverb

To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.

Thundernoun

a deep prolonged loud noise

Thundernoun

a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

Thundernoun

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Thunderverb

move fast, noisily, and heavily;

Thunderverb

utter words loudly and forcefully;

Thunderverb

be the case that thunder is being heard;

Thunderverb

to make or produce a loud noise;

Thunder

Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. Depending upon the distance from and nature of the lightning, it can range from a long, low rumble (brontide) to a sudden, loud crack.

Lightningnoun

A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.

Lightningnoun

A discharge of this kind.

Lightningnoun

(figuratively) Anything that moves very fast.

Lightningnoun

The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.

Lightningadjective

Extremely fast or sudden.

Lightningadjective

Moving at the speed of lightning.

Lightningverb

To produce lightning.

Lightningnoun

A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.

Lightningnoun

The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.

Lightning

Lightening.

Lightningnoun

abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

Lightningnoun

the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

Lightning

Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the ground, temporarily equalize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of as much as one gigajoule of energy. This discharge may produce a wide range of electromagnetic radiation, from very hot plasma created by the rapid movement of electrons, to brilliant flashes of visible light in the form of black-body radiation.