climate vs weather

Definitions

noun

1. the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
2. the prevailing psychological state

Examples

The affinities between music and poetry have been familiar since antiquity, though they are largely ignored in the current intellectual climate.

These sometimes spectacular occurrences, called calving events, are a key step in the process by which climate change drives sea level rise.

The climate is changing, the sea levels are rising, the weather is getting stormier.

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Definitions

verb

1. face and withstand with courage
2. sail to the windward of
3. cause to slope
4. change under the action or influence of the weather

adjective

1. towards the side exposed to wind

noun

1. the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

Examples

If the indoor tables don't satisfy you, and if the weather is right, do ask for a table on the terrace.

The blame for this month's wet weather lies with the jet stream winds a few miles high.

A few billion of that new economic rescue plan will go to weatherize one million homes a year.

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