Typhoon vs. Tsunami

Typhoonnoun

A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.

Typhoonverb

(intransitive) To swirl like a hurricane.

Typhoonnoun

A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas.

Typhoonnoun

a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans

Typhoon

A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere. This region is referred to as the Northwestern Pacific Basin, and is the most active tropical cyclone basin on Earth, accounting for almost one-third of the world's annual tropical cyclones.

Tsunaminoun

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption. Tsunami are usually a series of waves, or wave train.

Tsunaminoun

(figurative) A large and generally unstoppable surge.

Tsunaminoun

a huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake)

Tsunaminoun

a long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance

Tsunaminoun

an arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities or amounts

Tsunami

A tsunami ( (t)soo-NAH-mee, (t)suu-; from Japanese: 津波, lit. 'harbour wave', pronounced [tsɯnami]) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations, landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite impacts and other disturbances) above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami.