What is the deference between cyclones and tornadoes?

Question

What is the deference between cyclones and tornadoes?

Answer 1

tornado is the united states name for a cyclone so all the other countrys use the term cyclone instead of tornado

Answer 2

Cyclones are more commonly referred to as hurricanes or typhoons, depending on the direction of rotation.

All answers courtesy of American Heritage Dictionary:

Cyclone:  NOUN: 1. Meteorology a. An atmospheric system characterized by the rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center, usually accompanied by stormy, often destructive weather. Cyclones circulate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. b. A violent tropical storm, especially one originating in the southwestern Pacific Ocean or Indian Ocean. cyclonic (-klnk) , cyclonical

Tornado:  NOUN: 1. A rotating column of air ranging in width from a few yards to more than a mile and whirling at destructively high speeds, usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped downward extension of a cumulonimbus cloud. tornadic (-ndk, -ndk) , pl. tornadoes or tornados

Hurricane:  NOUN: 1. A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean, traveling north, northwest, or northeast from its point of origin, and usually involving heavy rains.

Typhoon:  NOUN: A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.