Is there a difference between a Twister and a Tornado? Or are they the same thing.?

Question

Is there a difference between a Twister and a Tornado? Or are they the same thing.?

Answer 1

tornado is what happens in u.s but twister is the name of those that happen in other places ??

Answer 2

they're the same.

Answer 3

Twister is slang for tornado.

Answer 4

Twister is a colloquial name for a tornado, due to the rotation of the winds.

Answer 5

basically same, but a twister is generally weaker

Answer 6

One is slang for the other.  Twisters are NOT weaker, they are the same.  It's called colloquialism.  Weaker, my @ss!

Answer 7

Twister can be a slang for tornadoe, as said above. Or, as most say, Twisters are much weaker then tornadoes and would cause less damanage then one. Less then f3 would be a twister.

Answer 8

They are the same thing...  also vortice,  vortex,  funnel, etc.