The difference between Land and Take off

When used as verbs, land means to descend to a surface, especially from the air, whereas take off means to remove.

Land is also noun with the meaning: the part of earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.

Land is also adjective with the meaning: of or relating to land.

check bellow for the other definitions of Land and Take off

  1. Land as a noun:

    The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.

    Examples:

    "Most insects live on land."

  2. Land as a noun:

    Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.

    Examples:

    "There are 50 acres of land in this estate."

  3. Land as a noun:

    A country or region.

    Examples:

    "They [[come]] from a faraway land."

  4. Land as a noun:

    A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.

  5. Land as a noun:

    The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.

    Examples:

    "wet land; good or bad land for growing potatoes"

  6. Land as a noun:

    A general country, state, or territory.

    Examples:

    "He moved from his home to settle in a faraway land."

  7. Land as a noun (often, in combination):

    realm, domain.

    Examples:

    "I'm going to Disneyland."

    "Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world."

  8. Land as a noun (agriculture):

    The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.

  9. Land as a noun (Irish English, colloquial):

    A fright.

    Examples:

    "He got an awful land when the police arrived."

  10. Land as a noun (electronics):

    A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.

  11. Land as a noun:

    In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.

  12. Land as a noun (travel):

    The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.

    Examples:

    "Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices."

  13. Land as a noun (obsolete):

    The ground or floor.

  14. Land as a noun (nautical):

    The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.

    Examples:

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  15. Land as a noun (ballistics):

    In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows. The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.

  1. Land as a verb (intransitive):

    To descend to a surface, especially from the air.

    Examples:

    "The plane is about to land''."

  2. Land as a verb (dated):

    To alight, to descend from a vehicle.

  3. Land as a verb (intransitive):

    To come into rest.

  4. Land as a verb (intransitive):

    To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.

  5. Land as a verb (transitive):

    To bring to land.

    Examples:

    "It can be tricky to land a helicopter''."

    "Use the net to land the fish."

  6. Land as a verb (transitive):

    To acquire; to secure.

  7. Land as a verb (transitive):

    To deliver.

  1. Land as an adjective:

    Of or relating to land.

  2. Land as an adjective:

    Residing or growing on land.

  1. Land as a noun:

    lant; urine

  1. Take off as a verb (transitive):

    To remove.

    Examples:

    "He took off his shoes''."

    "The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word."

    "Tomorrow the doctor will take the cast off her arm."

  2. Take off as a verb (transitive):

    To imitate, often in a satirical manner.

  3. Take off as a verb (intransitive, of an aircraft or spacecraft):

    To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air.

    Examples:

    "The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3."

  4. Take off as a verb (intransitive):

    To become successful, to flourish.

    Examples:

    "The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit."

  5. Take off as a verb (intransitive):

    To depart.

    Examples:

    "I'm going to take off now."

    "Take off, loser!"

  6. Take off as a verb (transitive):

    To quantify.

    Examples:

    "I'll take off the concrete and steel for this construction project."

  7. Take off as a verb (transitive):

    To absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.

    Examples:

    "If you take off for Thanksgiving you must work Christmas and vice versa."

    "He decided to let his mother take a night off from cooking, so he took her and his siblings out to dinner."

  8. Take off as a verb (intransitive, slang, dated):

    To take drugs; to inject drugs.

  9. Take off as a verb (transitive, slang, dated):

    To steal (something) or rob (someone).

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