What's the difference between williwaw and willywaw?
Williwaw
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Willywaw
Example Sentences:
(1) He began writing his first novel while on night watch in port, taking its title – Williwaw – from the sudden winds of the Bering Sea which create devastating tidal waves and can swamp a ship.
(2) The reaction of John W Aldridge was typical: "His writing after Williwaw is one long record of stylistic breakdown and spiritual exhaustion.
(3) Vidal worked briefly in publishing in New York, but the critical success of Williwaw emboldened him, and he decided to live by his pen.
(4) Williwaw focused on a rivalry between two maritime officers; in style it owed something to Hemingway and Stephen Crane.
(5) In December 1944 he began his first novel, Williwaw.
Willywaw
Definition:
(n.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan.