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Touchdown vs Landfall - What's the difference?

touchdown | landfall |

As nouns the difference between touchdown and landfall

is that touchdown is (american football|canadian football) a six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone analogous to a try in rugby while landfall is arrival at the shore by ship.

touchdown

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone. Analogous to a try in rugby.
    • Today I scored my first touchdown .
  • (aviation) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
    • The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown .
  • (rugby) A try
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 13 , author=Lyle Jackson , title=Ireland 22-25 France , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=A first Test try by Fergus McFadden and a Tomas O'Leary touchdown helped Ireland to a 15-12 half-time lead. }}

    See also

    * ("touchdown" on Wikipedia) * touch down

    landfall

    English

    (wikipedia landfall)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Arrival at the shore by ship.
    • We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!
    Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall .
  • The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.

    • Derived terms

    * make landfall