No. It will stop them from falling. There's a significant difference between the two, and you're smart enough to grasp it.

[That's not scolding-- how would he know?-- but rather a compliment, albeit mildly backhanded. She finds him intelligent enough to bother explaining.]

Floating implies that I'm somehow propelling it up in the air, like an airship. I'm suspending gravity-- removing it from the equation around the object, and thus allowing it to remain suspended midair.

How strong are you? I need to screw those bits together, but they're a bit resistant.

[Or a lot resistant. It's fine. He's a strong man.]