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Aloft vs Afield - What's the difference?

aloft | afield |

As adverbs the difference between aloft and afield

is that aloft is in the air; in the sky while afield is away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further).

aloft

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • in the air; in the sky
    • high winds aloft
  • above, overhead, in a high place; up
  • * 1883 , :
    • Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft .
  • * 1954 , :
    • He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.
  • (nautical) in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
  • * 1859 , , The Red Rover: A Tale :
    • I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft ?

    Related terms

    * loft * lofty

    See also

    * alow

    Anagrams

    * float

    References

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    afield

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further).
  • *1999 Jacob S. Hacker, The Road to Nowhere: The Genesis of President Clinton's Plan for Healthy Security [ISBN 0691005281], p.118:
  • *:Whether things could have been different is an open question, and one that would take us far afield from the focus of this book.
  • *2002 Philip F. Esler, The Early Christian World [ISBN 0203470621], p.3:
  • *:There were Christians developing notable traditions somewhat away from the Mediterranean and outside the Roman empire, in places like Armenia, or even further afield , in India
  • On the field.
    • We now have both teams afield and can begin the match.

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