Difference's cyclone and hurricane ?

Question

Difference's cyclone and hurricane ?

Answer 1

Basially where it occures.

Answer 2

Hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone.

A cyclone is any mass of air that spirals around a low pressure center. It is an organized collection of thunderstorms embedded in a swirling mass of air. In general, both typhoon and hurricanes are tropical cyclones but differ in their locations. Tropical cyclones in the west Pacific are called Typhoons and those in the Atlantic and east Pacific Ocean are called Hurricanes. It’s the longitude that matters.

Differences in speed, rotation, intensity etc. for hurricanes and typhoons are at http://diffen.com/difference/Hurricane_v...

Answer 3

A cyclone is another name for a hurricane. A hurricane, typhoon, and cyclone are the same storms just different names.

-In the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans are called hurricanes.

-In the Western Pacific they are called typhoons

-In the Indian Ocean they are called cyclones

Go here for more info

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/tr...

Answer 4

Cyclone - a region of low air pressure associated with stormy weather. a tropical cyclone is called a hurricane or typhoon.

Hurricane - a severe tropical cyclone, with fast spiralling winds that can cause extensive damage.