What is the difference between a hurricane and a cyclone?

Question

Seems to me that these are the same thing. Air currents out of control in water.

Answer 1

Nothing. Just the names are different. A cyclone is just 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 2

I think Hurricanes are only in the Atlantic while Cyclones are in the Pacific.  Otherwise I believe they are essentially the same type of weather system.

Answer 3

It all depends where it's located - In the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, or eastern Pacific, it's a hurricane; if it's in the western Pacific or Indian oceans, it's a cyclone.