different between spaceship vs airplane

English

Alternative forms

• space ship

Etymology

space +? ship

Noun

spaceship (plural spaceships)

1. (space travel) A vehicle that flies through space.
2. (computing, mathematics, cellular automata) A finite pattern that reappears after a certain number of generations in the same orientation but in a different position.
3. (programming) The operator <=> in the Perl, PHP and Ruby programming languages, which compares two values and indicates whether the first is lesser than, greater than, or equal to the second.
   • 2012, Randal Schwartz, Brian Foy, Tom Phoenix, Intermediate Perl (page 142)

     If we reverse the positions of $a and $b, the spaceship will sort in the opposite order […]

Synonyms

• (vehicle): spacecraft

Hypernyms

• ship

Hyponyms

(vehicle):

• generation ship
• space station
• starship

(pattern):

• glider
• oblique spaceship
  • knightship

Translations

See also

• flying saucer
• spacecraft
• starship
• UFO

Further reading

• spaceship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• aeroplane (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK), aëroplane

Etymology

air +? plane, alteration of aeroplane

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ple?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?????ple??n/

Noun

airplane (plural airplanes)

1. (US, Canada) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
   • 1999, "I Never Met the Dead Man", season 1, episode 2 of Family Guy

     Lois: Come on, Stewie. You know you can't leave the table until you finish your vegetables. […] Sweetie, it's broccoli. It's good for you. Now open up for the airplane.

Derived terms

• paper airplane

Translations

Verb

airplane (third-person singular simple present airplanes, present participle airplaning, simple past and past participle airplaned)

1. (intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.
2. (transitive) To transport by aeroplane.

See also

• aircraft
• glider
• helicopter

Anagrams

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