different between landing vs docking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lænd??/
• Rhymes: -ænd??
• Hyphenation: land?ing

Noun

landing (plural landings)

1. An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.

   Antonym: takeoff

2. A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.

   Hyponym: fleet landing

3. A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

Usage notes

When referring to an arrival at a surface by an aircraft or other normally-controllable object, landing is generally reserved for cases in which the object is actually under (at least partial) control; an uncontrolled arrival at the surface by such an object is usually referred to as a crash or impact. In contrast, for uncontrollable objects (such as a meteoroid or artillery shell), landing is generally used (although impact is also usable).

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

landing

1. present participle of land

Anagrams

• Ingland, danglin'

Cebuano

Etymology

From English landing, present participle of land (“to land, to touch down”), from Middle English land, lond, from Old English land, lond (“earth, land, soil, ground; defined piece of land, territory, realm, province, district; landed property; country (not town); ridge in a ploughed field”), from Proto-Germanic *land? (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lend?- (“land, heath”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lan?ding

Verb

landing

1. (aviation) to land; to descend to a surface, especially from the air to touch down
2. to come to be in a condition or situation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:landing.

Derived terms

• landinganan

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from landen +? -ing. Compare English landing and German Landung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?n.d??/
• (Belgium)
• Hyphenation: lan?ding

Noun

landing f (plural landingen, diminutive landinkje n)

1. landing, touchdown of an airplane or any other airborne object
2. the act of disembarking a ship, particularly in military contexts

Derived terms

• landingsbaan
• landingsgestel
• maanlanding
• noodlanding
• tussenlanding

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English landing.

Noun

landing m (plural landings)

1. (Guernsey) landing

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From lande +? -ing

Noun

landing f or m (definite singular landinga or landingen, indefinite plural landinger, definite plural landingene)

1. a landing (e.g. by an aircraft)

Derived terms

• landingssted
• landingsstripe
• nødlanding

References

• “landing” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From lande +? -ing

Noun

landing f (definite singular landinga, indefinite plural landingar, definite plural landingane)

1. a landing (e.g. by an aircraft)

Derived terms

• landingsstripe
• naudlanding, nødlanding

References

• “landing” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k??

Verb

docking

1. present participle of dock

Noun

docking (plural dockings)

1. The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
2. The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
3. The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
4. (slang) The sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
5. (molecular biology) A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.

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