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Turboprop vs Fanjet - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between turboprop and fanjet

is that turboprop is a type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller while fanjet is a turbofan engine.

turboprop

English

Noun

(wikipedia turboprop) (en noun)
  • A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.

    • Synonyms

    * propjet

    Coordinate terms

    (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) turbofan, turbojet, turboshaft, propfan, fanjet, HBFJ

    See also

    * gas turbine

    fanjet

    English

    Noun

  • (aviation) a turbofan engine
  • (aviation) an airplane powered by turbofan engines

    • Related terms

    * propjet * propfan * turbojet

    Synonyms

    * turbofan

    See also

    * turboprop * turboshaft * gas turbine engine