Ariel vs. Aerial

Ariel vs. Aerial — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Ariel and Aerial

Aerialadjective

Living or taking place in the air.

The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.

Aerialadjective

Made up of air or gas; gaseous.

Aerialadjective

Positioned high up; elevated.

The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.

Aerialadjective

Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.

Aerialadjective

Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.

Aerialadjective

(aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.

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Aerialadjective

(botany) Above the ground

Aerialnoun

A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.

Aerialnoun

A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.

Aerialnoun

(photography) Aerial photography.

Aerialnoun

a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer

Aerialnoun

an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

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Aerialadjective

in or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air;

aerial particlessmall aerial creatures such as butterfliesaerial warfareaerial photographyaerial cable cars

Aerialadjective

growing in air;

aerial roots of a philodendron

Aerialadjective

characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air;

figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt awayaerial fanciesan airy apparitionphysical rather than ethereal forms