Think They’re Synonyms? They’re Not

The words are weather and climate. The first item is basic and correct; The rest of the list is illustrative and interesting. I got it from a comment on A Word A day.

• Weather is short-term; climate is long-term.
• Weather is individual measurements; climate is average measurements.
• Weather is what you get; climate is what you expect.
• Weather is umbrellas; climate is ice ages.
• Weather is the city council; climate is the United Nations.
• Weather is 3 minutes on TV; climate is doctoral dissertations.
• Weather comes and goes; climate just keeps on coming.
• Weather change kills off individual plants and animals; climate change kills off entire species.
• Weather is Angry Birds; climate is The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.