Captain vs. Pilot

Captainnoun

A chief or leader.

Captainnoun

The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.

Captainnoun

An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.

Captainnoun

A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.

Captainnoun

A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.

Captainnoun

One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.

Captainnoun

The leader of a group of workers.

Captainnoun

A maître d'.

Captainnoun

(southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.

Captainnoun

(internet) Someone who provides contextual information for a post. Originally a shorthand for 'Captain Obvious'.

Captainverb

(intransitive) To act as captain

Captainverb

(transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

Captainnoun

A head, or chief officer

Captainnoun

A military leader; a warrior.

Captainverb

To act as captain of; to lead.

Captainadjective

Chief; superior.

Captainnoun

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

Captainnoun

the naval officer in command of a military ship

Captainnoun

a policeman in charge of a precinct

Captainnoun

an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

Captainnoun

the leader of a group of people;

Captainnoun

the pilot ins charge of an airship

Captainnoun

a diningroom attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

Captainverb

be the captain of a sports team

Pilotnoun

A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.

Pilotnoun

A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.

Pilotnoun

A guide book for maritime navigation.

Pilotnoun

An instrument for detecting the compass error.

Pilotnoun

A pilot vehicle.

Pilotnoun

A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.

Pilotnoun

A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.

Pilotnoun

Something serving as a test or trial.

Pilotnoun

(mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.

Pilotnoun

(aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.

Pilotnoun

(television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.

Pilotnoun

(rail transport) A cowcatcher.

Pilotnoun

A pilot light.

Pilotnoun

One who flies a kite.

Pilotnoun

A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

Pilotadjective

Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.

Pilotadjective

Used to control or activate another device.

Pilotadjective

Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.

Pilotverb

(transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).

Pilotverb

(transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.

Pilotverb

(transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)

Pilotnoun

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

Pilotnoun

Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.

Pilotnoun

Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.

Pilotnoun

An instrument for detecting the compass error.

Pilotnoun

The cowcatcher of a locomotive.

Pilotnoun

One who flies, or is qualified to fly, an airplane, balloon, or other flying machine.

Pilotnoun

A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.

Pilotnoun

The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.

Pilotnoun

a filmed or taped episode of a proposed television series, produced as an example of the series. It may be shown only to those television broadcast executives who may decide whether to buy the rights to the series, or aired to test viewer reaction or to interest sponsors. Also called pilot film or pilot tape.

Pilotverb

To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.

Pilotverb

Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.

Pilotverb

To fly, or act as pilot of (an aircraft); to operate (an airplane).

Pilotnoun

someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

Pilotnoun

a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor

Pilotnoun

a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors

Pilotnoun

an original model on which something is patterned

Pilotnoun

small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner

Pilotnoun

an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

Pilotverb

fly a plane

Pilotverb

act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance;