different between airliner vs liner

English

Etymology

air +? liner

Noun

airliner (plural airliners)

1. A passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline.

Related terms

• cruise liner
• air
• airspace, air space
• air force
• jetliner, jet-liner, jet liner
• liner
• passenger liner

Translations

See also

• aeroplane
• aircraft
• airplane
• jet
• jet airplane
• jet plane
• jet-propelled plane
• passenger-carrying

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?n?/
• Rhymes: -a?n?(r)

Etymology 1

line +? -er (from the verb).

Noun

liner (plural liners)

1. Someone who fits a lining to something.

   a liner of shoes

   • 1973, A good liner has a pretty shrewd idea of the value of the painting he is treating and usually charges accordingly. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 41)
2. A removable cover or lining

   I threw out the trash can liner.

3. The pamphlet which is contained inside an album of music or movie

   Does it have the lyrics in the liner notes?

4. A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
5. A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
6. formal no show sock

Derived terms

• pond liner
• section liner

Etymology 2

line +? -er (from the noun).

Noun

liner (plural liners)

1. A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
2. (nautical) A ship of the line.
3. (baseball) A line drive.

   The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot.

4. (marketing, slang) A basic salesperson.
5. (in combination) Something with a specified number of lines.
   • 2005, G. J. H. Van Gelder, Close Relationships (page 130)

     the following three-liner by an unknown poet

6. (South Korean idol fandom) person born in a certain year (XX liner)

7. Short for penny-a-liner.

Derived terms

• cargo liner
• ocean liner
• one-liner

Translations

See also

• airliner

Anagrams

• -relin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

liner f

1. indefinite plural of line

Spanish

Noun

liner m (plural lineres)

1. liner