The difference between Blimp and Dirigible
When used as nouns, blimp means an airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container, whereas dirigible means a self-propelled airship that can be steered.
Blimp is also verb with the meaning: to expand like a blimp or balloon.
Dirigible is also adjective with the meaning: steerable.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blimp and Dirigible
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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."
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Dirigible as a noun:
A self-propelled airship that can be steered
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Dirigible as an adjective:
steerable