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Aloft vs Airborne - What's the difference?

aloft | airborne |

As an adverb aloft

is in the air; in the sky.

As an adjective airborne is

in or carried by the air.

As a noun airborne is

military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.

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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    airborne

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • In or carried by the air.
    • Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.
  • *{{quote-magazine, title=An internet of airborne things, date=2012-12-01, volume=405, issue=8813, page=3 (Technology Quarterly), magazine= citation
    • , passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}
  • In flight.
  • fitted to an aircraft; e.g. airborne radar.
  • transported by air in an aircraft; e.g. airborne troops.

    • Noun

    (en-noun) (airborne forces)
  • Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.

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