What's the difference between aboard and overseas?

Aboard


Definition:

  • (adv.) On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
  • (adv.) Alongside; as, close aboard.
  • (prep.) On board of; as, to go aboard a ship.
  • (prep.) Across; athwart.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The alterations of dendritic trees of pyramidal neurons of layer III of visual cortex of the rat exposed to the influence of space flight aboard biosputnik "Cosmos-1887" were studied and the results are described to illustrate the methods power.
  • (2) Twenty-one subjects flew aboard a KC-135 aircraft operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which performed parabolic maneuvers resulting in periods of 0-g, 1-g, and 1.8-g. Each subject flew once with a tablet containing scopolamine and once with a placebo in a random order, crossover design.
  • (3) I don’t do the social media myself, so who knows.” The Pentagon said the drone, also described as a “glider” or unmanned underwater vehicle, was deployed by civilian contractors aboard the USNS Bowditch, a scientific research ship.
  • (4) The helicopter with Pope Benedict XVI aboard flies past St Peter's Square at the Vatican.
  • (5) De Boer's successor's first tasks will be to keep the US aboard the negotiations and to clear up the vexed question of the legal status of the Copenhagen accord , the deal struck at Copenhagen by a small group but not endorsed by a majority of countries.
  • (6) Saadi's entire family were bundled aboard an aircraft in Hong Kong and flown to Tripoli in March 2004.
  • (7) Winterton used these acceptances to persuade others to climb aboard: “Andy is in, Hilary is in.” Corbyn was on the phone to Chuka Umunna, then shadow business secretary, who had been careful to brief that he was not going to immediately walk out but wait to see what Corbyn said on policy.
  • (8) The kidnap and execution of the then Christian Democrat leader Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades , the murderous bomb in Bologna station in 1980 and others in Milan, Brescia and aboard a train were, differently, expressions of what Italians call the “strategy of tension” by the state.
  • (9) Illness incidence was examined aboard U.S. Navy vessels to ascertain whether sick call rates vary with ship size.
  • (10) The migrants rescued on Tuesday had been aboard five motorised dinghies and two larger vessels.
  • (11) A point source outbreak of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor Inaba infections occurred aboard an oil rig south of Port Arthur, Texas, in September 1981.
  • (12) The National Enquirer later published a picture of Rice in Hart’s lap aboard a yacht called Monkey Business.
  • (13) FO: OK. Minutes later, the plane plunged into a field, killing all 68 aboard.
  • (14) She's in that top tier of stars among whom the (allegedly) choicest scripts circulate incestuously until one of them jumps ship or another climbs aboard.
  • (15) Vote Leave tweeted a new version of Johnson’s London mayoral campaign cartoon of him with the simple message: “Welcome aboard, @ BorisJohnson !
  • (16) In 1974 the USSR carried out a rat experiment aboard the biosatellite Cosmos-690 equipped with a gamma-emitter.
  • (17) Australia's former environment minister, Ian Campbell, told Australian television from aboard a Sea Shepherd vessel that the group would "have to get organised to go out to the oceans and save the whales off South Korea".
  • (18) A group of passengers aboard one of Vinson’s two Frontier Airlines flights are being monitored for symptoms.
  • (19) Pamela Dix, Executive Director of Disaster Action, supporting those caught up in terrorism or disaster, began campaigning after her brother Peter died aboard Pan Am flight over Lockerbie in 1988.
  • (20) The Downton journey has been amazing for everyone aboard,” said Fellowes, who wants to start focusing his attention on his long-awaited US drama The Gilded Age for NBC .

Overseas


Definition:

  • (adv.) Over the sea; abroad.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Unions have complained about the process for Chinese-backed companies to bring overseas workers to Australia for projects worth at least $150m, because the memorandum of understanding says “there will be no requirement for labour market testing” to enter into an investment facilitation arrangements (IFA).
  • (2) Analysis of official registers reveals the 38 companies in the first wave of the initiative – more than two-thirds of which are based overseas – have collectively had 698 face-to-face meetings with ministers under the current government, prompting accusations of an over-cosy relationship between corporations and ministers.
  • (3) Some workers posted overseas can also avail themselves of the “S1” benefit.
  • (4) In Wednesday’s budget speech , George Osborne acknowledged there had been a big rise in overseas suppliers storing goods in Britain and selling them online without paying VAT.
  • (5) "But it is necessary to collect tax that is owed and it is necessary to reduce tax avoidance and the crown dependencies and the overseas territories need to play their part in that drive and they need to do more."
  • (6) It’s good stuff.” Opening markets to US-made products overseas is one of the better things that could happen for US small business and their employees, said Obama.
  • (7) The environment secretary, Liz Truss , has stripped farmers of subsidies for solar farms, saying they are a “blight” that was pushing food production overseas.
  • (8) All overseas-based players were previously ineligible for the Wallabies.
  • (9) The US farm bill is a multi-billion dollar piece of legislation that controls the federal government's spending on farm subsidies, food for the domestic poor, agriculture conservation programmes, and overseas food aid , among other things.
  • (10) The applications for renewals of UK passports from people living overseas that were opened this week date back to 29 April.
  • (11) In such a condition, particularly overseas, the surgeon does not get all the time and adequate apparatus.
  • (12) Uncertainty over ‘Brexit’, weak overseas growth and financial market volatility are all creating an unsettling business environment and point to downside risks to the economy in 2016.” The official figures follow mixed reports on the economy in recent weeks.
  • (13) Overseas, the recovery in the eurozone, the place that buys half of our exported goods and services, appears to have stalled.
  • (14) By 2017, China will be investing more overseas than the rest of the world is investing in China.” Labour has questioned the chancellor’s approach, raising China’s poor human rights record and warning of the security risks that might emerge as a result of allowing China to invest in strategic assets, such as nuclear power.
  • (15) A treasure trove of more than £1.7bn-worth of old masters paintings, Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities, ancient weapons and prehistoric archaeological items were allowed to be sold overseas in the year to May 2013, according to official statistics issued by the government .
  • (16) However, of the refugees in Sydney who had positive results of serological tests for syphilis, a substantial proportion (at times in excess of 50%) had had a negative result at the overseas screening; subsequent follow-up of those with positive serological results indicated inactive disease in almost all cases.
  • (17) The defence secretary, Liam Fox , has challenged David Cameron's plan to enshrine the government's overseas aid spending targets in law, it has been revealed.
  • (18) There may be cases in which youngsters have travelled overseas perhaps out of curiosity or with an interest but upon arriving shall we say in Turkey, through which a lot of these people are staged, get cold feet and decide they don’t want to pursue that objective.
  • (19) The chancellor confirmed that the schools, health and overseas aid budget would be protected.
  • (20) It is concluded that the cases described are similar to avian infectious synovitis syndrome caused by M. synoviae previously described overseas.

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