They are COMPLETELY DEFFERENT PHENOMENA. Look them up and then realise how silly you feel for saying that.

Tornadoes are a vacuum. So to dumb it down for you. They suck. Whereas hurricanes blow. Both are cyclonic....meaning they rotate clockwise. Typhoons (hurricanes in the southern hemisphere) are anticyclonic. But, in rare cases tornadoes can be too. Now go hang out with OP's boyfriend.....dumbass.

Actually, it's the other way around. Tornadoes and tropical cyclones (hurricanes and tropical storms are techcnially tropical cyclones) rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. And they are completely different. Tornadoes form over land, are fairly small, and last for minutes. They move relatively quickly over land. Tornadoes are rather unpredictable and hard to gauge where they are headed because they move so fast. Hurricanes form over water, require warm water to strengthen, are hundreds of miles wide--did you not watch ANY coverage of Irene? That thing was HUGE--and weaken and break apart over land. Hurricanes can last for days, usually for about a week from formation to dissipation, although some storms have lasted two weeks. They also move relatively slowly, giving meteorologists plenty of time to chart the course so officials know whether or not a region can be evacuated.