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Helicopter vs Helium - What's the difference?

helicopter | helium |

As nouns the difference between helicopter and helium

is that helicopter is helicopter while helium is helium.

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

    helium

    English

    (wikipedia helium)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A colorless and inert gas, and the second lightest chemical element (symbol He) with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602.
  • (countable) A form or sample of the element.

    • Derived terms

    (terms derived from helium) * heliair * heliox * * * helium burning * helium dating * helium flash * helium fusion * helium speech * helium star * helium variable * liquid helium * orthohelium * parahelium

    Related terms

    * helio- * Helios

    Synonyms

    * when used as a packaging gas ----