Eagle vs. Kite

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Main Difference

The main difference between Eagle and Kite is that the Eagle is a large carnivore bird and Kite is a tethered aircraft.

  • Eagle

    Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, not all of which are closely related. Most of the 60 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just 14 species can be found—2 in North America, 9 in Central and South America, and 3 in Australia.

  • Kite

    A kite is a tethered heavier-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create lift and drag. A kite consists of wings, tethers and anchors. Kites often have a bridle and tail to guide the face of the kite so the wind can lift it. Some kite designs don’t need a bridle; box kites can have a single attachment point. A kite may have fixed or moving anchors that can balance the kite. One technical definition is that a kite is “a collection of tether-coupled wing sets“.The lift that sustains the kite in flight is generated when air moves around the kite’s surface, producing low pressure above and high pressure below the wings. The interaction with the wind also generates horizontal drag along the direction of the wind. The resultant force vector from the lift and drag force components is opposed by the tension of one or more of the lines or tethers to which the kite is attached. The anchor point of the kite line may be static or moving (e.g., the towing of a kite by a running person, boat, free-falling anchors as in paragliders and fugitive parakites or vehicle).The same principles of fluid flow apply in liquids, so kites can be used in underwater currents, but there are no everyday uses as yet.Man-lifting kites were made for reconnaissance, entertainment and during development of the first practical aircraft, the biplane.

    Kites have a long and varied history and many different types are flown individually and at festivals worldwide. Kites may be flown for recreation, art or other practical uses. Sport kites can be flown in aerial ballet, sometimes as part of a competition. Power kites are multi-line steerable kites designed to generate large forces which can be used to power activities such as kite surfing, kite landboarding, kite fishing, kite buggying and snow kiting.

Wikipedia
  • Eagle (noun)

    Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.

    “erne|broadwing”

  • Eagle (noun)

    A representation of such a bird carried as an emblem, e.g. on a coat of arms.

  • Eagle (noun)

    A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.

  • Eagle (noun)

    A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.

  • Eagle (noun)

    A score of two under par for a hole.

  • Eagle (verb)

    To score an eagle.

  • Kite (noun)

    A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

    “A pair of kites built a nest on the cliff.”

  • Kite (noun)

    Any wings and legs, feeding mostly on spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).

    “glede”

  • Kite (noun)

    A bird of the thin pointed wings, that preys on hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.

  • Kite (noun)

    A rapacious person.

  • Kite (noun)

    A lightweight toy or other flat and shaped like a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.

    “On windy spring days, we would fly kites.”

  • Kite (noun)

    A tethered object which position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in relative motion in the medium.

  • Kite (noun)

    A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.

  • Kite (noun)

    A blank issued even though there are honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.

  • Kite (noun)

    An accommodation bill.

  • Kite (noun)

    A climbs but less good at descents.

  • Kite (noun)

    A shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a pairs of edges of equal touching each other at one end.

    “Four-sided figures without parallel sides include trapezoids and kites.”

  • Kite (noun)

    An aeroplane or aircraft.

  • Kite (noun)

    In a ship: originally a sail positioned above a lightweight sail set above the studding sail or a jib topsail.

  • Kite (noun)

    A supplementary sail to a mainsail.

  • Kite (noun)

    The brill (ver=190418), a type of flatfish.

  • Kite (noun)

    A (usually letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.

  • Kite (noun)

    The stomach; the belly.

  • Kite (noun)

    A measure of equivalent to 0.1 deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).

  • Kite (verb)

    To cause (something) to move toy kite; also to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.

    “Rising interest rates have kited the cost of housing.”

  • Kite (verb)

    To pills or other items.

  • Kite (verb)

    To keep ahead of (an attack distance, without exposing oneself to danger.

  • Kite (verb)

    To (cause to) glide in the manner of a bird.

    “soar”

    “The wind kited us toward shore.”

  • Kite (verb)

    To present (a account with funds, either to clears.

    “He was convicted of kiting checks and sentenced to two years in prison.”

  • Kite (verb)

    To steal.

  • Kite (verb)

    Usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.

    “I’m going kiting this weekend.”

  • Kite (verb)

    To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.

    “We spent the afternoon kiting around the bay.”

  • Kite (verb)

    To move rapidly; to rush.

  • Kite (verb)

    To water.

  • Kite (verb)

    To pass a (usually letter or oral message, especially illegally into, within, or out of a prison.

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