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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

typhoon/hurricane/cyclone

Here during summer and autumn every year, we have a couple of typhoons. We never have hurricanes or cyclones. But based on the definitions in the dictionary, they are pretty close. So I wonder if they refer to the same stuff to you. Thanks.
  

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You copied and pasted from WordReference again. They are the same structures, but hurricanes and cyclones tend to be much larger in diameter and ferocity than typhoons-- at least that has been my experience.

— Mister Micawber

  • You copied and pasted from WordReference again.
  • They are the same structures, but hurricanes and cyclones tend to be much larger in diameter and ferocity than typhoons-- at least that has been my experience.
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You copied and pasted from WordReference again.

They are the same structures, but hurricanes and cyclones tend to be much larger in diameter and ferocity than typhoons-- at least that has been my experience.
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Thanks, Mister.

Sorry for copying this thread, but I didn't have satisfactory answers there.

I guess they are the same stuff but different areas use different terms, right?
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Yes, it seems that typhoons are in the western Pacific, hurricanes in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic, and cyclones in the Indian Ocean, roughly.
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Mister MicawberYes, it seems that typhoons are in the western Pacific, hurricanes in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic, and cyclones in the Indian Ocean, roughly.

Thanks, Mister.

You're really knowledgeable.
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