what is the difference between a typhoon and a hurrican?

Answer 1

Both are same.Typhoon is the local name for the tropical cyclonic storms that form over west Pacific ocean and hurricane is the local name for the tropical cyclonic storms that form over Atlantic ocean.
In other words they are the two sides of the same coin.

Answer 2

Aside from the name, not much. Both are severe tropical systems that have wind speeds greater than 74 mph.

They are called "hurricanes" in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean. But once your go west across the International Dateline and into the western Pacific Ocean, they're called typhoons. And of course, the Australians, who have colorful names for just about everything, have their own term for hurricanes: "willy-willys."

Typhoons generally tend to be stronger than hurricanes, but only because there's warmer water in the western Pacific and are better conditions for storm development.

Answer 3

A hurricane is a typhoon south of the equator. A hurricane is north.

Answer 4

typhoon - A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans and the China seas
[1580–90; < dial. Chin, akin to Chin dàfeng great wind, altered by association with Gk typhôn violent wind]

hurricane - A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale); a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 mph (32 m/sec).
[1545–55; < Sp huracán < Taino hurakán]

*cyclone - rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure centre; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
*Beaufort scale - An international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)

Answer 5

They are same, over here(North America) we call it hurricane, in Asia/Indian Ocean its called typhoon or cyclone.

Answer 6

a typhoon is what it's called in asia.

Answer 7

It means the same thing. Different countries call it differently. in India and Sri Lanka, they call it cyclone.