The difference between Airship and Blimp
When used as nouns, airship means a lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered, whereas blimp means an airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
When used as verbs, airship means to transport goods by aircraft, whereas blimp means to expand like a blimp or balloon.
check bellow for the other definitions of Airship and Blimp
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Airship as a noun:
A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
Examples:
"Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice."
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Airship as a noun (informal):
Any aircraft.
Examples:
"On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land."
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Airship as a verb:
To transport goods by aircraft.
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Blimp as a noun:
An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
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Blimp as a noun (by extension):
Any large airborne inflatable.
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Blimp as a noun (slang):
An obese person.
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Blimp as a noun:
A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
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Blimp as a verb (slang, intransitive):
To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.
Examples:
"After college, she started blimping and could no longer wear her favorite little black dress."
"Over a few years the software had blimped into typical bloatware."