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Aeroplane vs Carplane - What's the difference?

aeroplane | carplane |

As nouns the difference between aeroplane and carplane

is that aeroplane is while carplane is (science fiction) a vehicle that can drive on land like a car or fly like an aeroplane.

aeroplane

English

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, British) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
  • (Canada, US, obsolete, aviation) an airplane

    • Derived terms

    * aeroplaning * plane * hydroaeroplane (obsolete)

    Related terms

    * aero- * plane

    See also

    * aircraft * glider * helicopter * airplane

    carplane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (science fiction) A vehicle that can drive on land like a car or fly like an aeroplane.
  • * 1951 , Alfred Elton Van Vogt, The weapon shops of Isher
    • Outside Bedrock headed for a carplane stop in a meditative mood.
  • * 2002 , David M. Newman, Elizabeth Grauerholz, Sociology of families
    • Unlike some other fictional portrayals of future family life — which simply place traditional family structures in a high-tech futuristic setting of carplanes , fully automated appliances, interplanetary civilizations, and robot servants...
  • * 2009 , Caroline Nixon, Michael Tomlinson, Kid's Box 6 Pupil's Book, Volume 6
    • The sides of the carplane will open by moving slowly down under the floor of the car. There won't be any maps and we'll never get lost because carplanes will always know where to go.

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