Difference between Piloting and Navigation

What is the difference between Piloting and Navigation?

Piloting as a noun is the form of navigation in which position is determined by relation to external reference points while Navigation as a noun is the theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or a spaceship

Piloting

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To control (an aircraft or watercraft).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the form of navigation in which position is determined by relation to external reference points

Navigation

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or a spaceshipTraffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shippingA canal

Example sentence: Flying solo, you have a fair workload. I'm not only flying the balloon but doing the navigation, communications, repairing the burners, taking care of the equipment.

We hope you now know whether to use Piloting or Navigation in your sentence.

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