Helm vs. Cockpit — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Helm and Cockpit
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Helm
(Nautical) The steering gear of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.
Cockpit
A cockpit or flight deck is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft or spacecraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft. The cockpit of an aircraft contains flight instruments on an instrument panel, and the controls that enable the pilot to fly the aircraft.
Helm
A position of leadership or control
At the helm of the government.
Cockpit
The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot, copilot, and sometimes passengers.
Helm
A helmet.
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Cockpit
The space set apart for the pilot and crew, as in a helicopter, large airliner, or transport aircraft.
Helm
To take the helm of; steer or direct.
Cockpit
The driver's compartment in a racing car.
Helm
To cover or furnish with a helmet.
Cockpit
A pit or enclosed area for cockfights.
Helm
(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
Cockpit
A place where many battles have been fought.
Helm
(by extension)
Cockpit
A compartment in an old warship below the water line, used as quarters for junior officers and as a station for the wounded during a battle.
Helm
(nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
Cockpit
An area in a small decked vessel toward the stern, lower than the rest of the deck, from which the vessel is steered.
Helm
(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
Cockpit
The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).
Helm
Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
Cockpit
The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft.
Helm
(figuratively)
Cockpit
A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
Helm
A position of control or leadership.
The helm of the Commonwealth
Cockpit
(figurative) A site of conflict; a battlefield.
Helm
One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
Cockpit
The vagina.
Helm
A helmet.
Cockpit
(Jamaica) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.
Helm
(heraldry) helmet
Cockpit
The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
Helm
(by extension)
Cockpit
(nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
Helm
(Northern England) A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
Cockpit
(figurative) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.
Helm
A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
Cockpit
A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.
Henry the Eighth had built . . . a cockpit.
Helm
(obsolete)
Cockpit
The Privy Council room at Westminster; - so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.
Helm
(countable) A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
Cockpit
That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.
Helm
(uncountable) haulm
Cockpit
In airplanes or boats, the space where the pilot or operator sits to control the vehicle. In airplanes it is usually in the front of the fuselage. In larger airplanes it may be closed off from the cabin, where the passengers travel.
Helm
Synonym of bentgrass(“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”)
Cockpit
Compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft
Helm
(nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
Cockpit
An enclosure for cockfights
Helm
(figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).
Cockpit
Seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car
Helm
To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.
Helm
(transitive) To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.
Helm
See Haulm, straw.
Helm
The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; - commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.
Helm
The place or office of direction or administration.
Helm
One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.
The helms o' the State, who care for you like fathers.
Helm
A helve.
Helm
A helmet.
Helm
A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.
Helm
To steer; to guide; to direct.
The business he hath helmed.
A wild wave . . . overbears the bark,And him that helms it.
Helm
To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet.
She that helmed was in starke stours.
Helm
Steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
Helm
A position of leadership;
The President is at the helm of the Ship of State
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