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Glide vs Flyby - What's the difference?

glide | flyby |

As nouns the difference between glide and flyby

is that glide is the act of gliding while flyby is a flight past a celestial object in order to make observations.

As a verb glide

is to move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.

glide

English

Verb

  • To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
  • * Wordsworth
    • The river glideth at his own sweet will.
  • * 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter VI
    • The water over which the boats glided was black and smooth, rising into huge foamless billows, the more terrible because they were silent.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 22 , author= , title=Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But it was 37-year-old Giggs who looked like a care-free teenager as he glided across the pitch he knows so well to breathtaking effect.}}
  • To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft.
  • To cause to glide.
  • (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.

    • Synonyms

    * (to move effortlessly) coast, slide

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of gliding.
  • (linguistics) Semivowel
  • (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
  • A bird, the glede or kite.

    • Related terms

    * glider * gliding * offglide, off-glide * onglide, on-glide

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs English irregular verbs ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (head)

    • flyby

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations.
    • The upcoming flyby of Halley's comet is expected to provide new information on the nature of the comet.
  • (US) A low-level flight of ceremonial nature, typically in connection with an airshow or a military parade.
  • A brief visit.

    • Synonyms

    * (ceremonial low-level flight) flypast (UK), flyover (US)

    See also

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