What's the difference between aerial and ferial?

Aerial


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regions or currents.
  • (a.) Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
  • (a.) Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires.
  • (a.) Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants.
  • (a.) Light as air; ethereal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Careless Herbicidal aerial spray of a field for weed control and defoliation of cotton before machine picking, resulted in the contamination of an adjoining reservoir, killing large volume of fish.
  • (2) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An aerial view of the area.
  • (3) His comments come the day after David Cameron revealed that an unprecedented aerial strike in Syria had killed two Britons fighting alongside Islamic State (Isis).
  • (4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An aerial view of the stricken Dharahara tower in Kathmandu.
  • (5) I must say that for the time being we are still missing some boats and aerial means.
  • (6) The report reveals a pattern of frequent Israeli attacks using large aerial bombs to level civilian homes, sometimes killing entire families,” Amnesty said.
  • (7) cpd-3 showed short aerial hyphae with dense formation of conidia.
  • (8) UN envoy Staffan De Mistura halted the latest Syria talks on 3 February, because of major differences between the two sides, exacerbated by increased aerial bombings and a wide military offensive by Syrian troops and their allies under the cover of Russian airstrikes.
  • (9) Meanwhile, rebel-held eastern Aleppo has been overrun by pro-regime forces led by Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian-led Shia militias supported by Russian and Syrian regime aerial bombardment.
  • (10) Ethanolic extracts of the aerial parts of Artemisia abyssinica and A. inculta were subjected to acute toxicity observations in mice for 24 h and chronic toxicity evaluation for 3 months.
  • (11) It arrived at this number through a 2004-06 survey of tree canopy cover, carried out using aerial photography.
  • (12) It left Monk rueing Shelvey’s disallowed strike, while also questioning why Oliver did not send off Koné, rather than book the forward, for an aerial challenge on Federico Fernández in the first half.
  • (13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cows stranded on ‘island’ after New Zealand earthquake – aerial video Key said the quake was the most significant he could remember feeling in Wellington and that his team was clearing up damage in his own offices.
  • (14) Bullish as ever, a press release reveals that the service should be available by 2015 – once the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s rules on the safety of unmanned aerial vehicles are finalised.
  • (15) Just as the internet has revolutionised the transport of online data, the company says a network of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – the "matternet" – could do the same for supplies.
  • (16) The primary health-care teams in a remote area of Queensland were linked with their base hospital, regional hospitals, a teaching hospital and an aerial retrieval team by means of AUSSAT 1.
  • (17) A close correlation was observed between the seasonal occurence of P. falciparum cases in 1973 and vector densities, and between vector densities and aerial application of agricultural insecticides.
  • (18) On Saturday the aerial advertising company Air Ads posted a message on Twitter which said: “Busy afternoon, putting together a banner for St James Park tomorrow afternoon!” That was accompanied by a picture of a banner being prepared, with red letters across it spelling out “AUF WIEDERSEHEN PREM”.
  • (19) It is pointed out that ground and aerial spraying techniques produce much higher daily mortalities than this, but they may often not be sustained for sufficiently long to achieve eradication.
  • (20) Superior situational awareness, an extraordinary awareness of the total flight environment and aerial combat situation, is a significant contributor to success in aerial engagement.

Ferial


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Feria.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to holidays.
  • (a.) Belonging to any week day, esp. to a day that is neither a festival nor a fast.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ferial Haffajee, the paper's editor-in-chief, questioned the ANC's motives, noting that pictures of The Spear are now widely available on Facebook, Twitter and Wikipedia.
  • (2) During the spring fair ( Feria de Abril , 30 April-7 May), half the city decamps to the casetas of the Recinto Ferial to parade on horseback, drink sherry with lemonade, and dance sevillanas .
  • (3) Ferial Haffajee, the editor of the City Press newspaper, who had faced death threats and an ANC boycott, said she had decided to remove the image from the newspaper's website out of "care and fear".
  • (4) "The journalist in me thinks it's sensible planning but the citizen in me completely gets the natural anxiety about losing this man," said Ferial Haffajee , the editor of South Africa's City Press newspaper.

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