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Aircraft vs Outboard - What's the difference?

aircraft | outboard |

As nouns the difference between aircraft and outboard

is that aircraft is a vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift while outboard is an outboard motor.

As a adjective outboard is

situated outside the hull of a vessel.

aircraft

English

(wikipedia aircraft)

Noun

(aircraft)
  • A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.

    • Usage notes

    * The nonstandard plural form is in use among non-native speakers of English.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * aircraft carrier * model aircraft * rocket aircraft

    Related terms

    * spacecraft * watercraft

    See also

    * aeroplane (UK), airplane (US) English invariant nouns English words suffixed with -craft

    outboard

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Situated outside the hull of a vessel.
  • Positioned away from the centre line of a ship or aircraft.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An outboard motor.
  • A vessel fitted with an outboard motor.
  • A studio having outboard gear (compressor, equalizer, etc.).