Breeze vs. Gale — What's the Difference?

A light current of air; a gentle wind.

A gale is a strong wind, typically used as a descriptor in nautical contexts. The U.S. National Weather Service defines a gale as 34–47 knots (63–87 km/h, 17.5–24.2 m/s or 39–54 miles/hour) of sustained surface winds.

Any of five winds with speeds of from 4 to 27 knots (5 to 31 miles per hour; 7 to 50 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.

A wind with a speed of from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour; 63 to 74 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale. Also called fresh gale.

(Informal) Something, such as a task, that is easy to do.

A storm at sea.

The refuse left when coke or charcoal is made.

Often gales A forceful outburst

To move quickly, smoothly, or easily

The sweet gale.

To progress swiftly or easily

To sing; charm; enchant.

A light, gentle wind.

To cry; groan; croak.

(figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.

To talk.

(cricket) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.

To call.

An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.

To sing; utter with musical modulations.

A brief workout for a racehorse.

(nautical) To sail, or sail fast.

A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.

(meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.

Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.

An outburst, especially of laughter.

To move casually, in a carefree manner.

A light breeze.

(weather) To blow gently.

A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.

To take a horse on a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.

(archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.

(of fish) To swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples in the surface.

A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.

(intransitive) To buzz.

A moderate current of air; a breeze.

A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidæ, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; - called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies.

A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.

A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.

A song or story.

An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze.

A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America.

Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.

The payment of a rent or annuity.

Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.

To sale, or sail fast.

To blow gently.

To sing.

A slight wind (usually refreshing);

A strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

Any undertaking that is easy to do;

Blow gently and lightly;

To proceed quickly and easily