Rocket vs. Roquette

Rocket vs. Roquette — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Rocket and Roquette

Rocketnoun

A rocket engine.

Roquettenoun

A herb of the mustard family, with pungently flavored leaves often eaten in salads.

Rocketnoun

(military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.

Roquettenoun

erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

Rocketnoun

A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.

Rocketnoun

A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket

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Rocketnoun

(slang) An ace (the playing card).

Rocketnoun

An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.

Rocketnoun

A blunt lance head used in jousting.

Rocketnoun

(figurative) Something that shoots high in the air.

Rocketnoun

The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.

Rocketnoun

rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis)

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Rocketverb

To accelerate swiftly and powerfully

Rocketverb

To fly vertically

Rocketverb

To rise or soar rapidly

Rocketverb

To carry something in a rocket

Rocketverb

To attack something with rockets

Rocketnoun

any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine

Rocketnoun

a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

Rocketnoun

erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

Rocketnoun

propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

Rocketnoun

sends a firework display high into the sky

Rocketverb

shoot up abruptly, like a rocket;

prices skyrocketed

Rocketverb

propel with a rocket