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Helicopter vs Heliborne - What's the difference?

helicopter | heliborne |

As a noun helicopter

is helicopter.

As an adjective heliborne is

(military) transported by helicopter.

helicopter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.
    • We flew over the city in a helicopter .
  • a powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
  • a winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple

    • Synonyms

    * (aircraft) chopper (informal), copter (informal), eggbeater (slang), rotary-wing aircraft (technical), whirlybird (slang) * (trowelling device) power trowel, trowel machine * (winged fruit) samara, whirlybird

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To transport by helicopter.
  • To travel by helicopter.

    • Derived terms

    * helicopter parent

    heliborne

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (military) Transported by helicopter.
  • * 1987 , Jerry Asher, Eric M Hammel, Duel for the Golan
    • The Israelis manned their fighting positions, certain they would be facing, at most, a few dozen heliborne commandos.

    Alternative forms

    * heli-borne