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Helicopter vs Submarine - What's the difference?

helicopter | submarine |

As nouns the difference between helicopter and submarine

is that helicopter is helicopter while submarine is a boat that can go underwater.

As an adjective submarine is

undersea.

As a verb submarine is

to operate or serve on a.

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

    submarine

    English

    (wikipedia submarine)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • undersea.
  • Hidden or undisclosed.
    • a submarine patent

    Synonyms

    * subaquatic, subaqueous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A boat that can go underwater.
  • A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
  • (baseball) Pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
  • Any submarine plant or animal.
  • (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.

    • Synonyms

    * (boat) U-boat * (sandwich) grinder, hero, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, po' boy, sub, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge

    Antonyms

    * (boat) surface ship

    Related terms

    * submariner

    Verb

    (submarin)
  • To operate or serve on a
  • To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 13, author=The Associated Press, title=Shares Up as Investors Ponder Retail Data, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“We’re really at the point of chicken, where the Fed is trying to ward off inflation without submarining the economy.” }}