What's the difference between shuttlecock and shuttlecork?
Shuttlecock
Definition:
(n.) A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
(v. t.) To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words.
Example Sentences:
(1) There was also a plastic balloon attached to a plastic line, a Sainbury's plastic bag urging its owner to recycle it, a car wheel, myriad unidentifiable pieces of plastic, a shotgun cartridge and a shuttlecock.
(2) The move is intended to make the space plane fall like a shuttlecock until it reaches 70,000 feet, when the tailbooms return to normal position and the plane glides the rest of the way down.
(3) When the feathering system is deployed, the space plane’s twin tail booms rotate forwards and upwards, dramatically increasing aerodynamic drag and making the craft fall like a shuttlecock.
(4) SpaceShipTwo is designed with Rutan’s revolutionary “feathering mechanism”, a shape-changing airfoil that creates a shuttlecock effect on re-entry, and helps the aircraft – unlike those used by Space X and Blue Origin – to land on a runway.