There is no difference. It's just terminology. Direction of spin is opposit in the aouthern and northern hemisphere The current "Typhoon" is hitting the Phillipines and viet nam. Both if which are in the norther hemisphere thus typhoon is rotating the same as the ones that hit the states.

A question I have is, what happens with a hurricane at the fine line between the southern and norther hemispheres ? Do they cross over ? Change direction ? Just die out ?