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Seaplane vs Airplane - What's the difference?

seaplane | airplane |

As nouns the difference between seaplane and airplane

is that seaplane is (aircraft|nautical) any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water while airplane is (us) a powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

seaplane

English

(wikipedia seaplane)

Noun

  • (aircraft, nautical) Any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.

    • See also

    * floatplane, float plane * flying boat

    airplane

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

    • Derived terms

    * paper airplane

    See also

    * aircraft * glider * helicopter

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