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Shuttle vs Based - What's the difference?

shuttle | based |

As verbs the difference between shuttle and based

is that shuttle is to go back and forth between two places while based is (base).

As a noun shuttle

is (weaving) the part of a loom that carries the woof back and forth between the warp threads.

As an adjective based is

founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.

shuttle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (weaving) The part of a loom that carries the woof back and forth between the warp threads.
  • * Sandys
    • Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly glide / My feathered hours.
  • The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
  • A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two places, sometimes more.
  • Such a transport vehicle; a shuttle bus; a space shuttle.
  • *2004 , Dawn of the Dead, 1:14:20:
  • *:You're saying we take the parking shuttles, reinforce them with aluminum siding and then head to the gun store where our friend Andy plays some cowboy-movie, jump-on-the-wagon bullshit.
  • Any other item that moves repeatedly back and forth between two positions, possibly transporting something else with it between those points (such as, in chemistry, a molecular shuttle ).
  • A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.

    • Usage notes

    Strictly speaking, a shuttle goes back and forth between two places. However, the term is also used more generally for short-haul transport that may be one-way or have multiple stops (including shared ride or loop), particularly for airport buses; compare loose usage of (m).

    Verb

    (shuttl)
  • To go back and forth between two places.
  • To transport by shuttle or by means of a shuttle service.

    • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * (l) * (l), (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l) * ----

    based

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms
    • That was a soundly based argument.

    Derived terms

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (base)
  • Being derived from (usually followed by on' or ' upon ).
    • It's a new film based on a best-selling novel.
  • Having a
    • The ladder is based on the even sidewalk for stability.
  • Having a base of operations.
    • The company is based in New York.

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