What is the difference between the cyclone in myanmar and a tornado?

Question

What is the difference between the cyclone in myanmar and a tornado?

Answer 1

A CYCLONE IS STRAIGHT IN AND A TORNADO IS CIRCULAR AND CAN MOVE THAT CIRCULAR MOTION IN OTHER DIRECTIONS AND SLOW OR FAST

Answer 2

Cyclone means same as Hurricane

Hurricane is much larger than a Tornado.

Answer 3

tornadoes are smaller and are caused by hot air rising and cool air falling quickly..they are smaller than cyclones...cyclones are caused by whole weather systems with cold and hot fronts...they are like hurricanes and can b very large

Answer 4

a cyclone is a hurricane in a different hemisphere

Answer 5

a cyclone is like a tornado except with water.  a tornado is only air and debris

Answer 6

a cyclone is any kind of spinning storm.  Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Typhoons, are all considered cyclone.

The Myanmar storm was a tropical cyclone which is also called a hurricane or typhoon depending where it is located.

Tornados are smaller storms that start on land and the damage is concentrated in a smaller area.