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What is the difference between blimp and zeppelin?

blimp | zeppelin |

Blimp is a see also of zeppelin.

Zeppelin is a see also of blimp.


As nouns the difference between blimp and zeppelin

is that blimp is an airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container while zeppelin is a type of large german dirigible airship of the early 20th century designed to carry passengers or bombs.

As a verb blimp

is to expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.

blimp

English

(wikipedia blimp)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
  • * 2004 , , 16 & 23 Feb 2004
  • The Goodyear blimp over Giants Stadium
  • (slang) An obese person.
  • A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
  • Synonyms

    * barrage balloon * Gossage

    Derived terms

    * Blimp * blimpish

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.
  • After college, she started blimping and could no longer wear her favorite little black dress.
    Over a few years the software had blimped into typical bloatware.

    Synonyms

    * blimp out

    See also

    * airship * balloon * dirigible * zeppelin, Zeppelin

    zeppelin

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Zeppelin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century designed to carry passengers or bombs.
  • Synonyms

    * rigid airship

    Hypernyms

    * airship * dirigible

    See also

    (wikipedia zeppelin) * barrage balloon * blimp * hot air balloon English eponyms English words with optional capitalisation ----