Inboard vs. Onboard — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Inboard and Onboard
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Definitions
Inboard
Within a ship, aircraft, or vehicle
The spray was coming inboard now
The uncovered inboard engine
Onboard
Carried or used aboard a vehicle or vessel
Onboard radar systems.
Inboard
Within a ship, aircraft, or vehicle
The uncovered inboard engine
The spray was coming inboard now
Onboard
Participating in or supporting an effort
I contacted my sisters to make sure they were onboard before I booked the beach house for our vacation.
Inboard
A boat's engine housed inside its hull.
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Onboard
Onto a vehicle or vessel
"His 'semi-fiancée' came onboard at Cape Town" (Dale Peterson).
Inboard
(Nautical) Within the hull or toward the center of a vessel.
Onboard
Into a state of participation of support for an effort
"If you were running one of the organization's programs or schools, you did everything you could to get the parents onboard" (Paul Tough).
Inboard
Relatively close to the fuselage of an aircraft
The inboard engines.
Onboard
Aboard
"the long hours onboard an aircraft on the way to some diplomatic engagement abroad" (Molly Worthen).
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Inboard
A motor mounted inside the hull of a boat.
Onboard
To introduce to a system or process
A human resources administrator who onboards new hires.
Inboard
(nautical) within a ship
Onboard
Carried or used on or in a vehicle or vessel
Inboard
Nearer the hull (as opposed to outboard)
Onboard
Being a part of, being included in, participating in
When it comes to security, everybody seems to be as onboard as I am.
James is onboard as a production manager.
Inboard
An engine located within the hull of a ship
Onboard
On or in a vehicle or vessel; aboard; on board.
Inboard
A boat with such an engine
Onboard
To become a part of a group; to incorporate (someone) into a group.
Inboard
To discount a product in order to increase sales
Onboard
To begin to use a product or service; to take (someone) on as a new customer of a product or service.
Inboard
Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard engine; an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard.
Onboard
On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
Inboard
From without inward; toward the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or return stroke.
Inboard
Located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft;
The inboard flaps on the wing
