Pedal vs Tarsal - What's the difference?
pedal | tarsal |
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 pedal and tarsal
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 tarsal is any of the seven bones of the tarsus.As adjectives the difference between pedal and tarsal
is that pedal is of or relating to the foot while tarsal is of or relating to the tarsus.As a verb pedal
is to operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.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.
