flight vs sortie

sortie vs flight

flight and sortie both are nouns.

flight is a verb but sortie is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flight	Yes	No	Yes	No
sortie	Yes	No	No	No

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

flight: an instance of traveling by air
sortie: (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)

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

flight (noun)	sortie (noun)
an instance of traveling by air	a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
the act of escaping physically	(military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
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)	sortie (verb)
decorate with feathers
fly in a flock
shoot a bird in flight

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