Pedal vs Pedaller - What's the difference?
pedal | pedaller |
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.
One who pedals; a cyclist (bicycle rider).
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As nouns the difference between pedal and pedaller
is that pedal is a lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano while pedaller is one who pedals; a cyclist (bicycle rider).As a verb pedal
is to operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.As an adjective pedal
is of or relating to the foot.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.
Coordinate terms
* , relating to the handAnagrams
* * * English heteronyms ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==Derived terms
* (l)References
* ----pedaller
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