Re: 'snowstorm vs. blizzard'

Mark J. Reed wrote:

>On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 07:25:53PM +0000, Joe wrote:
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>>Robert Jung wrote:
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>>rk >Hi all,
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>>>My eight-year-old brother has a question: What's the difference
>>>between "snowstorm" and "blizzard"?
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>>Nothing, to the best of my knowledge.  They're synonyms.
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>To me, "blizzard" connotes much greater intensity than "snowstorm",
>which can describe any old storm involving snow.
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Well, I'd say 'storm'  connotes an intense event in itself.

>-Mark
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