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Airplane vs Jetplane - What's the difference?

airplane | jetplane |

As nouns the difference between airplane and jetplane

is that airplane is (us) a powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings while jetplane is .

airplane

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

    • Derived terms

    * paper airplane

    See also

    * aircraft * glider * helicopter

    Anagrams

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    jetplane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1972 , United States. Congress, Congressional Record
    • We are supplying jetplanes to other countries to assist in our own defense. Yet, here, we cannot spend $10 million, the cost of one jetplane, to help to bring peace to the world.