Storm vs. Raid — What's the Difference?

A storm is any disturbed state of an environment or in an astronomical body's atmosphere especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain (ice storm), strong winds (tropical cyclone, windstorm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere as in a dust storm, blizzard, sandstorm, etc.

A surprise attack by a small armed force.

An atmospheric disturbance manifested in strong winds accompanied by rain, snow, or other precipitation and often by thunder and lightning.

A sudden forcible entry into a place by police

A wind with a speed from 48 to 55 knots (55 to 63 miles per hour; 89 to 102 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale. Also called whole gale.

An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables.

A heavy shower of objects, such as bullets or missiles.

A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.

A strong or violent outburst, as of emotion or excitement

An attempt to seize control of a company, as by acquiring a majority of its stock.

A violent disturbance or upheaval, as in political, social, or domestic affairs

An attempt by speculators to drive stock prices down by coordinated selling.

A violent, sudden attack on a fortified place.

To make a raid on.

A storm window.

To conduct a raid or participate in one.

To blow with strong winds and usually produce copious rain, snow, or other precipitation

(military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

To behave or shout angrily; rant and rage

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.

To move or rush tumultuously, violently, or angrily

(sports) An attacking movement.

To assault or capture suddenly

(Internet) An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.

To travel around (a place) vigorously in an attempt to gain support

(online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.

To shout angrily

(transitive) To engage in a raid against.

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather.

(transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.

A thunderstorm.

(transitive) To indulge oneself by taking from.

A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; violent outbreak.

A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

(meteorology) A very strong wind on the wind scale, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane (10 or higher on the Beaufort scale).

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.

(military) A violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position.

To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

(impersonal) (weather it) To be violent, with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

A sudden short attack

(intransitive) (metaphor) To rage or fume; to be in a violent temper.

An attempt by speculators to defraud investors

To move quickly and noisily like a storm, usually in a state of uproar or anger.

Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on;

(transitive) [army; crowd, rioters] To assault (a significant building) with the aim to gain power over it.

Enter someone else's territory and take spoils;

(transitive) to assault, gain power over (heart, mind+).

Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock;

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not.

Search for something needed or desired;

A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.

A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence.

A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.

To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town.

To raise a tempest.

To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; - used impersonally; as, it storms.

To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume.

A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening

A violent commotion or disturbance;

A direct and violent assault on a stronghold

Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

Take by force;

Rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning;

Blow hard;

Attack by storm; attack suddenly