what's the difference of a typhoon and a hurricane?

Answer 1

A typhoon is simply a tropical cyclone (generic name for all tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons) that forms in the northwest Pacific ocean, east of the Date line and west of the Indian ocean (Where typhoons that cross into that ocean are given the generic name "Cyclone"). It doesn't spin clockwise, it doesn't form in the entire Pacific ocean, (Storms that form around North American Pacific are called Hurricanes) despite the asinine answers you might see on Answers.

And typhoons tend to be larger because they have a larger ocean basin that they travel on. A large storm doesn't make a storm a typhoon.

Answer 2

The only difference between a Typhoon and a Hurricane is the ocean it has formed in. Typhoons form in the Pacific Ocean. While Hurricane's form in the Atlantic Ocean. But in other terms they are basically the same.

Answer 3

'Typhoon' is the name given to a hurricane that forms in the Pacific or Indian Ocean. I believe that 'hurricane' is a Caribbean name and 'typhoon' is an Asian name.

Answer 4

A Typhoon is a name for except for south east asia(S.E.A) and Hurricane is named the american They are both hurrricane.

Answer 5

What ocean it forms in. It's the same storm, just a different name.

Answer 6

It both has different names.

Answer 7

location

Answer 8

typhoon-pacific
hurricane-atlantic