Drogue vs Probe - What's the difference?
drogue | probe |
(whaling) A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.
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(nautical) A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to.
(aeronautics) A conical basket or fabric construction used variously as a type of brake for some kinds of aircraft, a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.
A wind cone.
(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
(figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
(figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.
(aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.
(astronautics) A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
(game of go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy
(intransitive) To explore, investigate, or question
* Hallam
To insert a probe into.
In aeronautics terms the difference between drogue and probe
is that drogue is a conical basket or fabric construction used variously as a type of brake for some kinds of aircraft, a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling while probe is a tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.As nouns the difference between drogue and probe
is that drogue is a floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving while probe is any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.As a verb probe is
to explore, investigate, or question.As a proper noun Probe is
a model of Ford automobile.drogue
English
Noun
(en noun)- through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road, the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging, escaping into the very centre of the earth.
Anagrams
* ----probe
English
Noun
(en noun)- They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.
- Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.
Synonyms
* (game of go ) yosu-miruDerived terms
* probe-and-drogueVerb
(prob)- If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.
- the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown