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Parachute vs Parachuted - What's the difference?

parachute | parachuted |

As verbs the difference between parachute and parachuted

is that parachute is to jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device while parachuted is past tense of parachute.

As a noun parachute

is a device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object.

parachute

English

Noun

(wikipedia parachute) (en noun)
  • (aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object.
  • (zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
  • (BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
  • Derived terms

    * parachutist

    Verb

    (parachut)
  • To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • To be placed in an organisation in a position of seniority without having previous experience there.
  • parachuted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (parachute)

  • parachute

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia parachute) (en noun)
  • (aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object.
  • (zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
  • (BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
  • Derived terms

    * parachutist

    Verb

    (parachut)
  • To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • To be placed in an organisation in a position of seniority without having previous experience there.