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Odometer vs Trochometer - What's the difference?

odometer | trochometer |

As nouns the difference between odometer and trochometer

is that odometer is an instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed while trochometer is a device for counting the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer.

odometer

English

(wikipedia odometer)

Alternative forms

* hodometer (dated) * odometre (nonstandard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed.
  • A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traversed.

    • trochometer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device for counting the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer.
    • (Webster 1913)