Drift and Heading

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Drift noun - A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine.

Usage example: they dug a drift parallel with the vein

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Heading is a synonym for drift. In some cases you can use "Heading" instead a noun "Drift".

Nearby Words: drifted, drifting, drifter, driftage

Heading noun - A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine.

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Drift is a synonym for heading. You can use "Drift" instead a noun "Heading".

Nearby Words: head, header, headline, headed

In Rebuild 3, the story begins in Washington State, but the protagonists drift as far east as Spokane before heading north into Canada and then back west to Vancouver.

Source: Video Game / Rebuild
The F-16 on the other hand was deliberately designed with aerodynamic instability; left to its own devices, it will drift out of a straight-line heading.

Source: Useful Notes / Yanks with Tanks
A note on Fly-By-Wire: most aircraft are designed with "positive" "aerodynamic stability," which means that if you let go of the steering wheel, the plane's shape will cause it to drift back into a straight-line heading.

Source: Useful Notes / Yanks with Tanks

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Heading or Drift. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/drift/heading.

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