As nouns the difference between turboprop and piston
is that turboprop is a type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller while piston is a solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump.
As a verb piston is
{{cx|intransitive|lang=en}} To move up and down like a piston.
As a proper noun Piston is
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turboprop
English
Noun
(
wikipedia turboprop)
(
en noun)
A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
Synonyms
* propjet
Coordinate terms
(type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) turbofan, turbojet, turboshaft, propfan, fanjet, HBFJ
See also
* gas turbine
piston
Noun
(
en noun)
A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
(music) A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch
Derived terms
* piston rod
* piston ring
* pistoning
Verb
(
en verb)
To move up and down like a piston.
Anagrams
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