Footboard vs Pedal - What's the difference?
footboard | pedal |
an upright board across the foot of a bedstead
a board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet; such as found on in a carriage.
a place to stand on a scooter or skateboard
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano
(medicine) a foot or footlike part.
To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.
To operate a bicycle.
As nouns the difference between footboard and pedal
is that footboard is an upright board across the foot of a bedstead while pedal is pedal.footboard
English
Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
*pedal
English
Noun
(en noun)- There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.
- A piano usually has two or three pedals .
- the pedal of a loom
Derived terms
* brake pedal * pedal pushers * soft pedal * sostenuto pedal * sustaining pedalVerb
- to pedal one's loom
- He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.