whirlwind vs whistle-stop

whirlwind

adj
  • Rapid and minimal: a whirlwind tour, a whirlwind romance. 

noun
  • A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward. 

  • A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion. 

whistle-stop

adj
  • Extremely brief and hurried. 

verb
  • To make a brief stop on a campaign tour to make a speech or perform some other type of public electioneering. 

noun
  • A small train station. 

  • A brief stop on a campaign tour to make a speech or perform some other type of public electioneering. 

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