different between aeroplane vs airship

English

Alternative forms

• aëroplane (dated)
• airplane (US)
• æroplane (nonstandard, dated)

Etymology

From French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ??? (a?r, “air”) + ?????? (plános, “wandering”). First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.[1];[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.??.ple?n/

Noun

aeroplane (plural aeroplanes)

1. (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, India, Britain) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
2. (aeronautics, archaic) An airfoil.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.

Usage notes

Canada officially uses aeroplane, and this word was also formerly used in the US, but that country now uses airplane. Some speakers in those places (Canada and the United States) may still idiolectally use aeroplane, however.

Derived terms

• plane
• hydroaeroplane (dated)

Related terms

• aero-
• plane

Translations

Verb

aeroplane (third-person singular simple present aeroplanes, present participle aeroplaning, simple past and past participle aeroplaned)

1. (intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.
2. (transitive) To transport by aeroplane.
   • 1919, The American Angler (volume 4, page 221)

     The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff.

See also

• aircraft
• glider
• helicopter
• airplane

English

Etymology

air +? ship; jocular British sense is in imitation of worship "form of address for magistrates et al., possibly also an oblique reference to Colonel Blimp.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: heirship

Noun

airship (plural airships)

1. A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.

   Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice.

2. (informal) Any aircraft.

   On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land.

3. (Britain, derogatory) The highest ranking officials of the RAF, viewed as arrogant and distant.
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Translations

Verb

airship (third-person singular simple present airships, present participle airshipping, simple past and past participle airshipped)

1. To transport goods by aircraft.

See also

• balloon
• barrage balloon
• blimp
• Colonel Blimp
• dirigible
• zeppelin, Zeppelin