Airborne vs Born - What's the difference?
airborne | born |
In or carried by the air.
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In flight.
fitted to an aircraft; e.g. airborne radar.
transported by air in an aircraft; e.g. airborne troops.
Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.
; given birth to.
Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.
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(Geordie) With fire.
As nouns the difference between airborne and born
is that airborne is military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter while born is .As an adjective airborne
is in or carried by the air.airborne
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Adjective
(-)- Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.
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Noun
(en-noun) (airborne forces)References
*born
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(wikipedia born)Etymology 1
From the verb (term).Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- I ought really to have called him my sergeant. He's a born' sergeant. That's as much as to say he's a ' born scoundrel.