twister vs waterspout

twister

noun
  • A tornado. 

  • A crook, a villain. 

  • A girder 

  • One who twists. 

  • The instrument used in twisting, or making twists. 

  • The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant. 

  • A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards. 

  • A species of libellulid dragonfly, Tholymis tillarga, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. 

  • One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving. 

waterspout

noun
  • A true tornado that passes over a body of water. 

  • A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado). 

  • A plume of water rising from the surface of a body of water as the result of an impact or explosion. 

  • A channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof. 

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