Whats the difference between aeroplanes and airplanes?

Question

If there is one at all...

Answer 1

Roland D. and his book (If that is what it says) are absolutely, flat, pure D. WRONG!

"Airplane"  and "Aeroplane" mean exactly the same thing, and either spelling is correct, wherever you may be.

A lighter-than-air craft is called a "balloon" or an "airship."

Answer 2

The term Aeroplanes, means Power driven aircraft. Planes which derive power from Gas turbines, pistons in order to gain lift.

The term Airplanes , means lighter than air ,non powerdriven aircraft, meaning they derived their lift from Air, namely helium, hot air balloons.

Look it up in the "From the Ground Up" Book for basic pilots. I studied that book about 3 years back.

Answer 3

They say aeroplanes in Britian , we say airplanes in the USA

Answer 4

The French word for airplane is 'avion.'

Airplane was originally aeroplane.  It is from Greek, not French- aero (air) + planos (wanderer/traveler- same root word as 'planet.')

The British kept this spelling and pronunciation.

Similarly, airports were once known as aerodromes.

Answer 5

None if the context is about the meaning of the word. In technical discussions we use the term "aircraft" more, but in general talks its "airplane" or "aeroplane" depending on the ethnicity. The British Commonwealth people use the former while the Americans tend to refer it as the latter.

Different lands, different ways to say it and thats the difference.

Answer 6

none, just different ways to spell it, USA uses air, brits use areo, just like we say sedan, they use saloon

Answer 7

Aeroplane is actually the French spelling of what in the U.S. is spelled airplane.  The British use it with the same spelling as the french but pronounce it differently.  There are subtle differences in American and British English.  In the same way that the English spell the word color with a u (colour), it shows the Norman French influence in the language.

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Etymology

From French aéroplane.

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Answer 8

The language the flight attendants are speaking.