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Helicopter vs Rotorcraft - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between helicopter and rotorcraft

is that helicopter is 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 while rotorcraft is any aircraft that obtains its lift from rotors.

As a verb helicopter

is to transport 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

    rotorcraft

    English

    (wikipedia rotorcraft)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any aircraft that obtains its lift from rotors.

    • See also

    * autogyro * gyrodyne * helicopter * tiltrotor