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Porpoised vs Porpoise - What's the difference?

porpoised | porpoise |

As verbs the difference between porpoised and porpoise

is that porpoised is (porpoise) while porpoise is said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing.

As a noun porpoise is

a small cetacean of the family phocoenidae, related to whales and dolphins.

porpoised

English

Verb

(head)
  • (porpoise)

    • porpoise

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia porpoise) (en noun)
  • A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to whales and dolphins.
  • (North America, imprecisely) Any small dolphin.

    • Synonyms

    * , (l), (l), (l), (l)

    Verb

    (porpois)
  • Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing.

    • See also

    * dolphin * killer whale * pod * sea lion * seal * whale *

    porpoise

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia porpoise) (en noun)
  • A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to whales and dolphins.
  • (North America, imprecisely) Any small dolphin.

    • Synonyms

    * , (l), (l), (l), (l)

    Verb

    (porpois)
  • Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing.

    • See also

    * dolphin * killer whale * pod * sea lion * seal * whale *