flight vs fly-by

fly-by vs flight

flight and fly-by both are nouns.

flight is a verb but fly-by is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flight	Yes	No	Yes	No
fly-by	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fly-by is a hyponym of flight; that is, fly-by is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than flight:

flight: an instance of traveling by air
fly-by: a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground

Other hyponyms of flight include acrobatics, aerobatics, stunt flying, stunting, blind flying, blind landing, ballooning, flyover, flypast, glide, gliding, sailing, sailplaning, soaring, maiden flight, overflight, pass, solo, sortie, low level flight, terrain flight.

flight (noun)	fly-by (noun)
an instance of traveling by air	a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground
the act of escaping physically
a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
an air force unit smaller than a squadron
a formation of aircraft in flight
a flock of flying birds
the path followed by an object moving through space

flight (verb)	fly-by (verb)
decorate with feathers
fly in a flock
shoot a bird in flight

Difference between flight and fly-by

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