What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Orange vs Plane - What's the difference?

orange | plane |

As a verb orange

is .

As an adjective orange

is orangey.

As an adverb plane is

(label) particularly, especially, certainly.

As a noun plane is

(label) the thing, the point, the interesting thing, the main interest in something, unusualness, speciality.

orange

English

(wikipedia orange)

Usage notes

* It is commonly believed that “orange” has no rhymes. While there are no commonly used English dictionary words that rhyme exactly with “orange” (“door-hinge” comes close in US pronunciation), the English surname Gorringe is a rhyme, at least in UK pronunciation. See

Noun

  • An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus'' such as ''Citrus sinensis .
  • The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.
  • The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
  • Orange juice, or orange coloured and flavoured cordial.
  • Derived terms

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
  • Antonyms

    * (having orange as its colour) nonorange

    Verb

    (orang)
  • To color orange.
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • To become orange.
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • See also

    * citrus * clementine * Cointreau * * mandarin * marmalade * murcott * naartjie * ortanique * pomander * satsuma * satsuma mandarin * satsuma tangerine * secondary colour * tangerine * triple sec * zest *

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    plane

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . The word was introduced in the seventeenth century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain.

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of a surface: flat or level.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A level or flat surface.
  • (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
  • A level of existence or development. (eg'', ''astral plane )
  • A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
  • (computing, Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
  • (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
  • Hyponyms
    * (mathematics) real plane, complex plane * (anatomy) coronal plane, frontal plane, sagittal plane, transverse plane
    Derived terms
    *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl), from

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
  • See also
    * rhykenologist

    Verb

    (plan)
  • To smooth (wood) with a plane.
  • Etymology 3

    Abbreviated from aeroplane .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An airplane; an aeroplane.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-09-06, author=Tom Cheshire
  • , volume=189, issue=13, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Solar-powered travel , passage=The plane is travelling impossibly slowly – 30km an hour – when it gently noses up and leaves the ground. With air beneath them, the rangy wings seem to gain strength; the fuselage that on the ground seemed flimsy becomes elegant, like a crane vaunting in flight. It seems not to fly, though, so much as float.}}
    Derived terms
    * floatplane * planeside * planespotter/plane spotter/plane-spotter * plane spotting * seaplane

    Verb

    (plan)
  • (nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
  • To glide or soar.
  • Etymology 4

    From (etyl) plane, from (etyl) platanus, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)(countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus .
  • (Northern UK) A sycamore.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Anagrams

    *