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Skimmer vs Aircraft - What's the difference?

skimmer | aircraft |

As nouns the difference between skimmer and aircraft

is that skimmer is a device that skims while aircraft is a vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.

skimmer

English

(wikipedia skimmer) (Rynchops)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device that skims.
  • A person who skims.
  • Any of three species of bird in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
  • Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clams and large scallops.
  • A ballet flat shoe.

    • Derived terms

    * black skimmer, Rynchops niger * African skimmer, Rynchops flavirostris * Indian skimmer, Rynchops albicollis

    aircraft

    English

    (wikipedia aircraft)

    Noun

    (aircraft)
  • A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.

    • Usage notes

    * The nonstandard plural form is in use among non-native speakers of English.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * aircraft carrier * model aircraft * rocket aircraft

    Related terms

    * spacecraft * watercraft

    See also

    * aeroplane (UK), airplane (US) English invariant nouns English words suffixed with -craft