Escalator vs Stairs - What's the difference?
escalator | stairs |
A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
An upward or progressive course.
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An escalator clause.
(label) A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
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As nouns the difference between escalator and stairs
is that escalator is a motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another while stairs is a contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.escalator
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Noun
(en noun)- They agreed to a cost-of-living escalator .
Derived terms
* escalator clauseSee also
* (wikipedia "escalator") * (commonslite) * movator * moving pavement, moving sidewalk * moving ramp * moving walkway * stairway * step * travelator English genericized trademarksstairs
English
Noun
(head)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.}}