Thunderstorm vs. Monsoon

Thunderstormnoun

A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.

Monsoonnoun

Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.

Thunderstormnoun

A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.

Monsoonnoun

Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.

Thunderstormnoun

a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

Monsoonnoun

The rains themselves.

Thunderstormnoun

a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.

Monsoonnoun

Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.

Thunderstorm

A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder. Relatively weak thunderstorms are sometimes called thundershowers.

Monsoonnoun

A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; - a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December.

Monsoonnoun

A heavy rainfall in India associated with the southwest monsoon{1}.

Monsoonnoun

The season in which the monsoon{2} occurs.

Monsoonnoun

a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter

Monsoonnoun

rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains

Monsoonnoun

any wind that changes direction with the seasons

Monsoon

A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone between its limits to the north and south of the equator. Usually, the term monsoon is used to refer to the rainy phase of a seasonally changing pattern, although technically there is also a dry phase.