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by unknown on May 7th, 2007
Zeppelin: any rigid airship or dirigible.
dirigible: an airship.
blimp: a small, nonrigid airship or dirigible, esp. one used chiefly for observation.
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it sounds like they are the same...
by El Soupy spanish for the soupy on May 7th, 2007
They are all names of air ships; but a zeppelin is a rigid ship whereas a blimp is nonrigid ship. They are both dirigibles.
by unknown on May 7th, 2007
tht reminds me of those SAT questions if all zonks ore zips and some zips are wips.....
by El Soupy spanish for the soupy on May 7th, 2007
lol I agree.
by unknown on May 7th, 2007
You're correct about the blimp, but a derigible is a rigid air ship and zeppelin is a brand name (after Ferdinand von Zeppelin)
by KevinW42 on May 26th, 2007