Flight vs Cuff - What's the difference?
flight | cuff |
The act of flying.
An instance of flying.
A collective term for doves or swallows.
A journey made by an aircraft, eg a balloon, plane or space shuttle, particularly one between two airports, which needs to be reserved in advance.
The act of fleeing. (Flight'' is the noun which corresponds to the verb ''flee .)
A set of stairs or an escalator. A series of stairs between landings.
A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
A paper plane.
(cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
An air force unit.
Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
(engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
(cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
The act of fleeing.
(obsolete) glove; mitten.
The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
The end of a pants leg, folded up.
To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
To fight; to scuffle; to box.
* Dryden
To buffet.
* Tennyson
A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
* Spenser
* Hudibras
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between flight and cuff
is that flight is (obsolete) fast, swift while cuff is (obsolete) glove; mitten.As nouns the difference between flight and cuff
is that flight is the act of flying or flight can be the act of fleeing while cuff is (obsolete) glove; mitten or cuff can be a blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.As verbs the difference between flight and cuff
is that flight is (cricket|of a spin bowler) to throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual while cuff is to furnish with cuffs or cuff can be to hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.As an adjective flight
is (obsolete) fast, swift.flight
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) flyht, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch vlucht, German Flucht (etymology 2).Noun
- Birds are capable of flight
- The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.
- The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight
- Where is the departure gate for flight 747? / Go straight down and to the right.
- take flight
- the flight of a refugee
- How many flights is it up?
Derived terms
* direct flight * flight attendant * flight ceiling * flight data recorder * flight deck * flightiness * flightless * flight level * flight of fancy * flight path * flight recorder * flighty * in-flight, inflight * * maiden flight * midflight * overflight * preflight * spaceflight, space flight * take flight * time-of-flight * time-of-flight mass spectrometry * top-flight, topflightVerb
(en verb)See also
Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) flyht, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch vlucht and German Flucht (etymology 1).Noun
cuff
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) cuffe, .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
1520, “to hit”, apparently of (etyl) origin, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l), (l).Verb
(en verb)- I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again.
- They with their quills did all the hurt they could, / And cuffed the tender chickens from their food.
- While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
- cuffed by the gale
Noun
(en noun)- Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff.
- Many a bitter kick and cuff .