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Hyperdrive vs Hyperjump - What's the difference?

hyperdrive | hyperjump |

In science fiction terms the difference between hyperdrive and hyperjump

is that hyperdrive is a drive that moves a vehicle through hyperspace while hyperjump is a jump that transports some physical object immediately from one place to another, as by a hyperdrive or jump drive.

hyperdrive

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (science fiction) A means of traveling faster than light.
    • The spaceship's hyperdrive failed, leaving them stranded years from any repair base.
  • (science fiction) a drive that moves a vehicle through hyperspace
  • A state of accelerated action
    • With enemies closing in fast, our hero's mind sprung into hyperdrive .

    See also

    * jump drive * warp drive

    hyperjump

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (science fiction) A jump that transports some physical object immediately from one place to another, as by a hyperdrive or jump drive.
  • (mathematics, logic) A form of Turing jump in hyperarithmetic