Flight vs Flute - What's the difference?
flight | flute |
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.
(musical instruments) A woodwind instrument consisting of a metal, wood or bamboo tube with a row of circular holes and played by blowing across a hole in the side of one end or through a narrow channel at one end against a sharp edge, while covering none, some or all of the holes with the fingers to vary the note played.
* Alexander Pope
A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
a lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a can escape
(architecture, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
A long French bread roll.
An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
To play on a .
To make a flutelike sound.
To utter with a flutelike sound.
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To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).
As adjectives the difference between flight and flute
is that flight is (obsolete) fast, swift while flute is reedy (of a voice).As verbs the difference between flight and flute
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 flute is .As a noun flight
is the act of flying or flight can be the act of fleeing.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
flute
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) flaute, from (etyl) flaut, ultimately from three possibilities: * Blend of Provencal * From Latin * Imitative.Noun
(en noun)- The breathing flute's soft notes are heard around.
- (Simmonds)