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Aeroplane vs Planelike - What's the difference?

aeroplane | planelike |

As a noun aeroplane

is .

As an adjective planelike is

resembling or characteristic of a geometrical plane.

aeroplane

English

Alternative forms

* * (qualifier)

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

    planelike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a geometrical plane.
  • Resembling or characteristic of an aeroplane.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 3, author=Sarah Towers, title=Shattered, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=(The cover of “Underworld,” to name one uncanny example, had a planelike bird flying toward the twin towers.) }}