what is the difference between a cyclone and a hurrican?

Answer 1

Tropical revolving storms are called hurricanes in the Atlantic and the eastern Pacific; typhoons in the South China Sea (NW Pacific); and tropical cyclones in the Indian and south Pacific oceans. It is common for the correct name "tropical cyclone" to be abbreviated to "cyclone" so in countries which get tropical cyclones, the word "cyclone" is not used for anything else to avoid confusion.

Answer 2

Cyclones generally include spiral areas of low pressure. A hurricane is a type of cyclone. In another context, cyclones are the names given to tropical cyclones in other part of the world. Hurricane is the name given to tropical cyclones within the Atlantic.

Answer 3

A cyclone and a hurricane are the same thing but they tend to be called cyclones in the pacific and hurricanes in the atlantic. It depends are where the storm is; the people just have different names for them.

Answer 4

The word "cyclone" means "counterclockwise circular motion of air."

Many types of storms, including hurricanes and typhoons, tornadoes, nor'easters, and even just a strong low pressure center, are forms of cyclone.

In the tornado-prone areas of the Midwest, people speak of tornadoes as cyclones, and many homes have "cyclone cellars" for protection from tornado damage.

Also, as Jen mentioned, hurricanes are sometimes called "cyclones" in the Pacific ocean, though "typhoon" is a more common term.

But in the strictest terms, a "cyclone" can be any of these storms, where a "hurricane" is a specific type of storm, characterized by damaging winds and very heavy rain as well as counter-clockwise air circulation, that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.