Generally waterspouts are only as strong as very weak tornadoes. However, some waterspouts, known as tornadic waterspouts, are basically tornadoes that just happen to be on water and can be just as strong as their land based counterparts.
"Water tornadoes," which are called waterspouts, are divided into two categories. Fair-weather waterspouts, are structured differently and generally weaker than classic tornadoes. Tornadic waterspouts are ordinary tornadoes that happen to be on water, they are just as strong as ordinary tornadoes.
Fair weather (non tornadic) waterspouts usually dissipate once they hit land. A tornadic waterspout just continues on land as a regular tornado.
Tornadoes can form on both land and water, but are most commonly seen on land.
They can form on either on water or on land, but it is more common for them to form on land. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
If there ever was one on the lake it would be a water spout not a tornado. Tornadoes are on land not water. A water spout is on the water.
A tornado that doesn't reach all the way down is a funnel cloud. A tornado on water is a waterspout.
A waterspout it a tornado that forms on a body of water. It looks like a land formed tornado but on a smaller scale.
No. Cyclones and tornadoes are completely different phenomena.
A tornado moves in a relatively narrow path on land
Neither. A tornado and a twister are the same thing.
A hurricane releases more energy overall because it is bigger, but a tornado can produce stronger winds.
None really. A waterspout occurs on water and a landspout is essentially the same thing on land. Though a smaller percentage of waterspouts are actually classic supercell tornadoes on water.