2006-08-14 00:53:34 · 14 answers · asked by donnie n 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Nothing. They are the same.
2006-08-14 00:56:28 · answer #1 · answered by Ray 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A tornado is just one type of cyclone.
There are many other types of cyclones, including, but not limited to, tropical cyclones (tropical storms, hurricanes, and typhoons), mesocyclones (cyclones embedded within thunderstorms, though, technically, this is a radar presentation reference only...), and low-level cyclones. Again, this list is incomplete.
In laymens' terms, the word cyclone may be correctly applied to almost any phenomena of "swirling winds".
There are no hurricanes in the W Pacific or Indian Oceans; there are typhoons. There are no typhoons in the E Pacific or Atlantic Oceans; there are hurricanes. ALL HURRICANES AND TYPHOONS ARE CYCLONES!!!!!!!!!!
2006-08-14 14:26:44 · answer #2 · answered by BobBobBob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All tornadoes are cyclones (wind rotating around an "eye" of low pressure). Not all cyclones are tornadoes (a rapidly spinning column of air descending from a thunderstorm).
2006-08-14 10:20:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word "cyclone" has two different meanings. One is the word for a tropical storm in the Indian ocean. The other is as a synonym for "tornado". Because of the confusion that this creates, "cyclone" as a synonym for "tornado" is no longer much used.
2006-08-14 10:16:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
A cyclone is a giant rotating storm, it is what a huricanne starts out as. A tornado is a small, well you know what a tornado it, they aren't the same.
2006-08-14 07:59:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A cyclone is an area of low pressure around which winds blow counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
A tornado is a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending towards the ground !!
2006-08-14 08:04:56 · answer #6 · answered by PeHLi KiRaN 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Depending on what you mean by "cyclone", it could mean many things.
A cyclone is any core of low pressure, ranging from the tropical (What Hurricanes and Typhoons are), the subtropical (Storms that are like hurricanes and typhoons, but weaker and have colder low pressure systems controlling its rotation) or a simple low pressure system.
The word "Cyclone" was misattributed to tornadoes.
A tornado is a very localized low pressure vortex that forms when warm air at the surface tries to rise and cold air at the surface tries to sink.
Does that help you?
2006-08-14 09:26:01 · answer #7 · answered by enigma_frozen 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You know what a hurricane is, correct?
Well, a hurricane in the Pacific is a Typhoon, and a Hurricane in the Indian Ocean and around Australia is often labelled a Cyclone.
2006-08-14 16:47:29 · answer #8 · answered by iandanielx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cyclone can be seen at the area of low atmospheric pressure, and tornado are more destructive storms that can create massive devastation.
2006-08-14 09:20:13 · answer #9 · answered by Eve W 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
a cyclone is a southern hemisphere hurricane forming over the sea and is far larger than a tornadoes.
a tornado forms over the land
2006-08-14 07:58:41 · answer #10 · answered by brinlarrr 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
cyclone is over water, and a tornado is over land
2006-08-14 12:59:57 · answer #11 · answered by lasalle_1986 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋