Okay crimefighters, there is a difference!
An aerial is a flying antenna.
Hi Guys: I'll give it a shot in the arm.
Note: The words aerial and antenna are used interchangeably by the layman, although accurately speaking, the top or elevated portion of the antenna is the aerial, and that portion which completes the electrical connection between the elevated aerial portion and the instruments is the lead-in. The antenna is the entire system consisting of the aerial and lead-in together.
thats a mouth full
station 8
Bugs have antennae and radios have aerials.
But, if the radio uses a single element to gather the radio signal then it is an aerial, if more than one element is used to gather the signal it is an antenna.
My guess anyway..
Neil
Antenna is a noun. Aerial is an adjective.
Yes, Carl had the right answer!!
According to wikipedia, they are the same thing so what else can it be?
Mark
They are used interchangably. However, orginally "aerials" were wire and "antennas" were made of rigid materials.