Pilot vs. Sailor — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pilot and Sailor
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Pilot
One who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.
Sailor
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a man who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the sailor is old, and the term sailor has its etymological roots in a time when sailing ships were the main mode of transport at sea, but it now refers to the personnel of all watercraft regardless of the mode of transport, and encompasses people who operate ships professionally, as a sport or recreationally.
Pilot
One who, though not belonging to a ship's company, is licensed to conduct a ship into and out of port or through dangerous waters.
Sailor
A person whose job it is to work as a member of the crew of a commercial or naval ship or boat, especially one who is below the rank of officer
Hawaii was an important stopping point for sailors to restock provisions
Pilot
The helmsman of a ship.
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Sailor
A person who serves in a navy or works on a ship.
Pilot
One who guides or directs a course of action for others.
Sailor
A person who operates a sailboat.
Pilot
The part of a tool, device, or machine that leads or guides the whole.
Sailor
A low-crowned straw hat with a flat top and flat brim.
Pilot
A pilot light, as in a stove.
Sailor
A person in the business of navigating ships or other vessels
Pilot
A television program produced as a prototype of a series being considered for adoption by a network.
Sailor
Someone knowledgeable in the practical management of ships.
He's a talented sailor and has spent many years at sea.
Pilot
To serve as the pilot of (a plane, for example).
Sailor
A member of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
Pilot
To steer or control the course of
Piloted the visitors around the city.
Sailor
A person who sails sailing boats as a sport or recreation.
Pilot
Serving as a tentative model for future experiment or development
A pilot project.
Sailor
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.
Pilot
Serving or leading as guide.
Sailor
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
Pilot
A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
Sailor
Any member of a ship's crew
Pilot
A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
Sailor
A serviceman in the navy
Pilot
A guide book for maritime navigation.
Sailor
A stiff straw hat with a flat crown
Pilot
An instrument for detecting the compass error.
Pilot
A pilot vehicle.
Pilot
A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
Pilot
A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
Pilot
Something serving as a test or trial.
We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.
Pilot
(mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
Pilot
(aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
Pilot
(television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
Pilot
(rail transport) A cowcatcher.
Pilot
(motorsport) A driver.
Pilot
A pilot light.
Pilot
One who flies a kite.
Pilot
A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
Pilot
Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
A pilot run of the new factory
The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
Pilot
Used to control or activate another device.
A pilot light
Pilot
Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.
A pilot vehicle
Pilot
(transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
Pilot
(transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
Pilot
(transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
Pilot
To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
Pilot
One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.
Pilot
Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.
Pilot
Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.
Pilot
An instrument for detecting the compass error.
Pilot
The cowcatcher of a locomotive.
Pilot
One who flies, or is qualified to fly, an airplane, balloon, or other flying machine.
Pilot
A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.
Pilot
The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
Pilot
A filmed or taped episode of a proposed television series, produced as an example of the series. It may be shown only to those television broadcast executives who may decide whether to buy the rights to the series, or aired to test viewer reaction or to interest sponsors. Also called pilot film or pilot tape.
Pilot
To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.
Pilot
Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.
Pilot
To fly, or act as pilot of (an aircraft); to operate (an airplane).
Pilot
Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
Pilot
A person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
Pilot
A program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
Pilot
An original model on which something is patterned
Pilot
Small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
Pilot
An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
Pilot
Fly a plane
Pilot
Act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance;
Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?
Who was navigating the ship during the accident?
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