Why is it a cold "snap" and a warm "spell"?
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ReplyDeletecold snap
n
(Physical Geography) a sudden short spell of cold weather
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
cold′ snap`
n.
a sudden, relatively brief period of cold weather. Also called cold′ spell`.
It can be both apparently...I did not know that.