Why cant a hurricane be called a huricane everywhere?

Question

what is the difference if in America, we just called it a hurricane?

Arent typhoons cyclones and hurricanes the same?

We call tornadoes cyclones too right?

I saw a headline cyclone kills 22000. devastating..but would be more miraculous if that was a twister

Answer 1

tornado's are smaller, but can be way more destructive

Answer 2

typhoon sounds best out of all of them

Answer 3

Well, we could institute some international law of the language, but beyond that I think you just have to understand some things from context. I think a boot is something you wear on your feet, but if you're from the UK it's part of a car.  In Boston they don't put ice cream in their milk shakes. I could go on and on but the thing is that the same language varies from country to country, or even within the same country. I actually think if you stopped that things would be less interesting.  Learn all the different meanings of cyclone (and it's more than these two) and I don't think you'll have any problem understanding which one people are talking about, I know I don't.