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Onboard vs Airborne - What's the difference?

onboard | airborne |

As adjectives the difference between onboard and airborne

is that onboard is carried or used on or in a vehicle or vessel while airborne is in or carried by the air.

As an adverb onboard

is on or in a vehicle or vessel; aboard; on board.

As a noun airborne is

military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.

onboard

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Carried or used on or in a vehicle or vessel

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • On or in a vehicle or vessel; aboard; on board.

    • Related terms

    * outboard * aboard

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    * English compound words

    airborne

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • In or carried by the air.
    • Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.
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    • , passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}
  • In flight.
  • fitted to an aircraft; e.g. airborne radar.
  • transported by air in an aircraft; e.g. airborne troops.

    • Noun

    (en-noun) (airborne forces)
  • Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.

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