Implicating lightning → electricity
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Reason:

Lightning is a massive surge of electricity.

Misc.

• I wish people didn't tag lightning as thunder, especially on still images. Thunder is a sound.

EDIT: The tag implication lightning -> electricity (forum #227182) has been approved by @furrypickle.

+1.

Sincerely, I believe that would be better to alias "thunder" to "lightning" anyway.
Reason: these terms aren't synonyms however are largely used as such; things like that are part of the evolutionary process of the language and attemp to fight against them is fruitless. Additionally, there is " thunderclap", a term used exclusively for this sound, and which would fit more properly in this role.

O16 said:
Reason: these terms aren't synonyms however are largely used as such; things like that are part of the evolutionary process of the language and attemp to fight against them is fruitless.

I blame Pokémon for that.

O16 said:
Additionally, there is " thunderclap", a term used exclusively for this sound, and which would fit more properly in this role.

Thunderclap refers to one specific type of thunder, namely the sudden loud crashing variety.

BlueDingo said:
I blame Pokémon for that.

I agree partially.

BlueDingo said:
Thunderclap refers to one specific type of thunder, namely the sudden loud crashing variety.

I) I never heard that term being used differently from thunder (sound).

II) I did a search before commenting and found nothing about that.

O16 said:
I) I never heard that term being used differently from thunder (sound).

II) I did a search before commenting and found nothing about that.

Google says: A crash of thunder.
Merriam-Webster says: A clap of thunder.
The Free Dictionary says: A single sharp crash of thunder.
Urban Dictionary says: The sound of a scrotum slapping against the body when going balls-deep.

Does that look like it's describing this sound?

BlueDingo said:
Google says: A crash of thunder.
Merriam-Webster says: A clap of thunder.
The Free Dictionary says: A single sharp crash of thunder.
Urban Dictionary says: The sound of a scrotum slapping against the body when going balls-deep.

Does that look like it's describing this sound?

Sincerely, yes (excluding that ones from The Free Dictionary and Urban Dictionary; curiously I already read about this last kind of usage, but never witnessed it in an actual conversation).

O16 said:
Sincerely, yes.

Then you don't know what a "clap" or "crash" sounds like.

This is a thunderclap. The thunderclap is that initial "BOOM". The rumbling sound, especially when the "BOOM" is not present, is not a thunderclap.

BlueDingo said:
Then you don't know what a "clap" or "crash" sounds like.

I am not sure if that was an irony, but I know both sounds, and both may sound longer and lower if fractioned.

BlueDingo said:
This is a thunderclap. The thunderclap is that initial "BOOM". The rumbling sound, especially when the "BOOM" is not present, is not a thunderclap.

That is exactly the same event hearded from distinct relative positions. Depending of the distance (both, vertical and horizontal) the initial "BOOM" dissipates faster than the rest of the thunder.

BlueDingo said:
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The tag implication lightning -> electricity (forum #227182) has been approved by @furrypickle.