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Motorcycle vs Bus - What's the difference?

motorcycle | bus |

As verbs the difference between motorcycle and bus

is that motorcycle is to motor around on a motorcycle; to ride while bus is .

As a noun motorcycle

is an open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels.

motorcycle

English

(wikipedia motorcycle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels.

    • Synonyms

    * (motor-powered vehicle) bike, chopper, cycle, moped, motorbike

    Derived terms

    * motorcyclist * motorcycling

    Descendants

    * Indonesian: (l) * Malay: (l)

    Verb

    (motorcycl)
  • To motor around on a motorcycle; to ride.

    • bus

    English

    (wikipedia bus)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
  • An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
  • (medical industry, slang) An ambulance.

    • Synonyms

    * (vehicle) coach, loser cruiser, motorbus, omnibus * (electrical conductor) electrical bus, busbar, digit trunk

    Derived terms

    {{der3, booze bus , busbar , bus duct , bus lane , short bus , bus route , bus stop , bustitution , back end of a bus, look like the back end of a bus}}

    Verb

  • (transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
  • (transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly, US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
  • (intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
  • (transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.
    • He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.
  • (intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.
    • He’s been bussing for minimum wage.

    Usage notes

    The Canadian Oxford Dictionary only presents the spellings (buses), (busing), and (bused), implying that these are the predominant forms in Canada.

    Derived terms

    * (clear meal remains) busboy

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