Parachute vs. Chute — What's the Difference?

A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag (or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift). Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong fabric, originally silk, now most commonly nylon.

A sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level

An apparatus used to retard free fall from an aircraft, consisting of a light, usually hemispherical canopy attached by cords to a harness and worn or stored folded until deployed in descent.

A narrow metal enclosure for holding or restraining livestock, in which an animal may be vaccinated, branded, etc.

Any of various similar unpowered devices that are used for retarding free-speeding or free-falling motion.

A parachute.

To drop (supplies or troops, for example) by means of a parachute.

An inclined trough, passage, or channel through or down which things may pass.

To descend by means of a parachute.

A narrow, usually fenced passage for horses or cattle.

(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.

A usually straight extension of one side of an oval racetrack, used to start certain longer races so that the finish line can be kept on a straightaway in front of the stands or clubhouse.

(zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.

A gated stall that is used to hold and release animals into an open area, especially horses and steers being ridden in a rodeo.

(BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.

A waterfall or rapid.

A piece of cloth used in physical education often colorful and surrounded by handles.

A parachute.

(intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.

To convey or deposit by a chute.

(transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device.

To go or descend by a chute.

(transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

A device made of a piece of cloth, usually silk, attached to multiple chords fastened to a harness; when attached to a person or object falling through the air, it opens from a folded configuration into an umbrella-shaped form, thus slowing the rate of descent so that a safe descent and landing may be made through the air from an airplane, balloon, or other high point. It is commonly used for descending to the ground from a flying airplane, as for military operations (as of airborne troops) or in an emergency, or for sport. In the case of use as a sport, the descent from an airplane by parachute is called sky diving. Some older versions of parachute were more rigid, and were shaped somewhat in the form of an umbrella.

A waterfall or rapid.

A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.

The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.

TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place using a parachute; as, when the plane stalled, he parachuted safely to the ground.

(informal) A parachute.

Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

A spinnaker.

Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

To parachute.

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

See Shoot.

Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

Sloping channel through which things can descend