Flag vs. Kite — What's the Difference?

A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration.

A kite is a tethered heavier-than-air or lighter-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create lift and drag forces. A kite consists of wings, tethers and anchors.

A piece of cloth or similar material, typically oblong or square, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope and used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution or as a decoration during public festivities

A light framework covered with cloth, plastic, or paper, designed to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string or multiple lines, especially for recreation.

A small piece of cloth attached at one edge to a pole and used as a marker or signal in various sports

A parafoil flown in a similar manner for recreation.

A variable used to indicate a particular property of the data in a record.

A power kite.

A flat stone slab, typically rectangular or square, used for paving.

A quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of congruent, adjacent sides. Also called deltoid.

A plant with sword-shaped leaves that grow from a rhizome.

Any of the light sails of a ship that are used only in a light wind.

Mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way

Any of various graceful predatory birds of the family Accipitridae, having long pointed wings and often a forked tail.

Signal to a vehicle or driver to stop, especially by waving one's arm

An instance of check kiting.

Provide or decorate with a flag or flags.

To fly like a kite; soar or glide.

Become tired or less enthusiastic or dynamic

To get money or credit with a kite.

A piece of cloth, usually rectangular, of distinctive color and design, used as a symbol, standard, signal, or emblem.

To use (a check) in furtherance of a check kiting scheme.

National or other allegiance, as symbolized by a flag

A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

A ship carrying the flag of an admiral; a flagship.

Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).

A marking device, such as a gummed strip of paper, attached to an object to attract attention or ease identification; a tab.

A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.

The masthead of a newspaper.

Some species in the subfamily Perninae.

(Music) A cross stroke that halves the value of a note to which it is added.

(figuratively) A rapacious person.

A distinctively shaped or marked tail, as of a dog or deer.

A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.

(Computers) A variable or memory location that stores true-or-false, yes-or-no information.

A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.

A plant, such as an iris or cattail, that has long sword-shaped leaves.

(astrology) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.

A flagstone.

A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.

To mark with a flag or flags for identification or ornamentation

An favour]] and without compensation.

To signal with or as if with a flag.

A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.

To signal to stop

(geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.

To lose vigor or strength; weaken or diminish

An aeroplane or aircraft.

To pave with slabs of flagstone.

In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.

A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.

A supplementary sail to a mainsail.

An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).

The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.

(nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.

A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.

A signal flag.

The stomach; the belly.

The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.

(Egyptology) A measure of weight equivalent to 10 deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).

(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.

(transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.

(computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.

To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.

(aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.

To keep ahead of (an enemy) in order to attack repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.

The game of capture the flag.

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a bird.

(geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.

To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.

A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.

To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.

(television) A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.

To steal.

An apron.

(intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.

A plot or words of a character in an animation, etc., that would usually lead to a specific outcome or event, not logically or causally, but as a pattern of the animation, etc.

To move rapidly; to rush.

Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.

To deflect sideways in the water.

A slice of turf; a sod.

To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally into, within, or out of a prison.

A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.

Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinæ, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

(geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

Fig.: One who is rapacious.

To furnish or deck out with flags.

A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.

To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.

A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.

(often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.

A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.

To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.

Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.

(often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.

The brill.

(computing) To signal (an event).

A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface; - called also sentry.

(computing) To set a program variable to true.

The belly.

To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.

To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.

(sports) To penalize for an infraction.

A bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value

To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.

A bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float

To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.

Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string

(firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.

Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

To fail, such as a class or an exam.

Increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently;

(intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.

Get credit or money by using a bad check;

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

Soar or fly like a kite;

To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.

Fly a kite;

To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.

(transitive) To pave with flagstones.

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the strength flags.

To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.

To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.

To signal to with a flag or by waving the hand; as, to flag a train; also used with down; as, to flag down a cab.

To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.

To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.

To furnish or deck out with flags.

To lay with flags of flat stones.

That which flags or hangs down loosely.

A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; - commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.

A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.

One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; - called also flag feather.

An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.

A flat stone used for paving.

Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device

A listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.

Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones

A conspicuously marked or shaped tail

Communicate or signal with a flag

Provide with a flag;

Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

Decorate with flags;

Become less intense