Fleet vs. Flight — What's the Difference?

A number of warships operating together under one command.

Flight or flying is the process by which an object moves through a space without contacting any planetary surface, either within an atmosphere (i.e. air flight or aviation) or through the vacuum of outer space (i.e.

A number of vessels having a shared origin, purpose, or area of operation

The motion of an object in or through a medium, especially through the earth's atmosphere or through space.

A group of vehicles, such as taxicabs or airliners, owned or operated as a unit.

An instance of such motion.

Moving swiftly and nimbly. ]

The distance covered in such motion

A group of vessels or vehicles.

The act or process of flying through the air by means of wings.

Any group of associated items.

The ability to fly

A large, coordinated group of people.

A swift passage or movement

(nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.

A scheduled airline run or trip into space

Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.

A group, especially of birds or aircraft, flying together.

An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.

A number of aircraft in the US Air Force forming a subdivision of a squadron.

(nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.

A round of competition, as in a sports tournament.

(Yorkshire) flet

An exuberant or transcendent effort or display

To float.

A series of stairs rising from one landing to another.

(ambitransitive) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.

A curved plate or flange that winds in a spiral around the center shaft of an auger, designed to transport loose material upward or backward along the shaft as the auger rotates. Also called flighting.

(ambitransitive) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.

A set of small samples, as of different kinds of wine or beer, that are served at the same time for comparative tasting.

(intransitive) To flee, to escape, to speed away.

The act or an instance of running away; an escape.

(intransitive) To evanesce, disappear, die out.

To migrate or fly in flocks.

(nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.

The act of flying.

To move or change in position.

An instance of flying.

To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.

(collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.

To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.

To take the cream from; to skim.

A series of stairs between landings.

(literary) Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.

A group of canal locks with a short distance between them

(uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.

To sail; to float.

The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.

To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.

A paper airplane. en

To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; - said of a cable or hawser.

(cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.

To move or change in position; - said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft.

The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.

To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.

An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.

To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.

An air force unit.

To draw apart the blocks of; - said of a tackle.

Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.

To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

(engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.

To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew.

An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.

To take the cream from; to skim.

The act of fleeing.

Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.

(obsolete) Fast, swift, fleet.

Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.

A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.

To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.

A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; - obsolete, except as a place name, - as Fleet Street in London.

The act of flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).

The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape danger or expected evil; hasty departure.

Group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

Lofty elevation and excursion; a mounting; a soaring; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.

Group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership

A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows.

A group of steamships operating together under the same ownership

A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.

A group of warships organized as a tactical unit

A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.

Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

The husk or glume of oats.

Disappear gradually;

A trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane, spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon.

Moving very fast;

A scheduled flight{8} on a commercial airline; as, the next flight leaves at 8 o'clock.

A formation of aircraft in flight

An instance of traveling by air;

A stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next

The act of escaping physically;

An air force unit smaller than a squadron

Passing above and beyond ordinary bounds;

The path followed by an object moving through space

A flock of flying birds

A scheduled trip by plane between designated airports;

Shoot a bird in flight

Fly in a flock;

Decorate with feathers;