airborne vs floating

airborne

adj
  • In or carried by the air. 

  • Fitted to an aircraft. 

  • In flight. 

  • Transported by air in an aircraft. 

noun
  • Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter. 

floating

adj
  • That floats or float. 

  • Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift. 

  • that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme. 

noun
  • Material that floats in a liquid. 

  • The motion of something that floats. 

  • A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth. 

  • The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls. 

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