Sorry but I have been driving on winter tyres since 1981 GTI.
Yes there is a difference but I suspect that the poster has a set of tyres from a bad batch.
I have never had those problems apart from a bad pair of Bridgestones on our Suzuki Jeep and they were terrible in any conditions.
Took them back to the dealer he agreed and replace with a different tread pattern but still winter tyres and they were great.
Go back to the tyre dealer and advise the tyres are defective.