Zephyr vs. Breeze — What's the Difference?

The west wind.

A light current of air; a gentle wind.

A gentle breeze.

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.

Any of various soft light fabrics, yarns, or garments, especially a lightweight, checked gingham fabric.

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

Something that is airy, insubstantial, or passing.

The refuse left when coke or charcoal is made.

A light wind from the west.

To move quickly, smoothly, or easily

Any light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze.

To progress swiftly or easily

Anything of fine, soft, or light quality, especially fabric.

A light, gentle wind.

To blow or move like a zephyr, or light breeze.

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

To blow or blow on gently like a zephyr; to cool or refresh with a gentle breeze.

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

The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze.

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

A slight wind (usually refreshing);

A brief workout for a racehorse.

(Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind

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

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

To move casually, in a carefree manner.

(weather) To blow gently.

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.

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

(intransitive) To buzz.

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

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

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

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

To blow gently.

A slight wind (usually refreshing);

Any undertaking that is easy to do;

Blow gently and lightly;

To proceed quickly and easily