What's the difference between thunder and lightning?

Question

What's the difference between thunder and lightning?

Answer 1

Lightning is a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground

Thunder is a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.

Answer 2

Well, without getting really technical --

Lightning is electrical charges that build up inside of clouds

Lightning bolts are really hot -- over 30,000 degrees fahrenheit on average. When they strike, they heat up the air around them, instantly expanding it -- and that sends out the explosion that you hear. Welcome to Thunder.

Answer 3

thunder is the explosion you hear when it lightnings.

Answer 4

one is sound the other is light....both are energy...

Answer 5

They are both the same thing...lighting is what you see (LIGHTning), and thunder is what you hear.

Answer 6

thunder is a cabombombom and lightning it a flash flash flash!:-)

Answer 7

Lightning is video and thunder is the audio produced by the above video.

Answer 8

thunder is a sound and lighting is light that u can see