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Airworthy vs Grounded - What's the difference?

airworthy | grounded |

As adjectives the difference between airworthy and grounded

is that airworthy is meeting standards for safe flight while grounded is (aviation|of an airman) not allowed to fly.

As a verb grounded is

(ground).

airworthy

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Meeting standards for safe flight
    • An airworthy helicopter...
    Doc Savage doubted that he would carry out the threat, and thought the plane was still airworthy .

    Synonyms

    * flyable * skyworthy

    Antonyms

    * unflyable

    Derived terms

    * airworthiness

    See also

    * roadworthy * seaworthy English words suffixed with -worthy

    grounded

    English

    (wikipedia grounded)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (aviation, of an airman) Not allowed to fly.
  • (of a person, predicative) Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.
  • (of a person) Mature]], sensible with well-considered [[priority, priorities.
  • (electricity, North America) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (ground)

    • Anagrams

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