Difference between Zephyr and Breeze

What is the difference between Zephyr and Breeze?

Zephyr as a noun is a light wind from the west while Breeze as a noun is a gentle to moderate wind.

Zephyr

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a light wind from the west any light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze any thing of fine, soft, or light quality, especially fabric

Breeze

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A gentle to moderate wind.Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.The wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (usually with "along"): To move casually, in a carefree manner, but not slowly.Taking a horse under a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.

Example sentence: We never look deeply into the quality of a tree; we never really touch it, feel its solidity, its rough bark, and hear the sound that is part of the tree. Not the sound of wind through the leaves, not the breeze of a morning that flutters the leaves, but its own sound, the sound of the trunk and the silent sound of the roots.

We hope you now know whether to use Zephyr or Breeze in your sentence.

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