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Perambulator vs Waywiser - What's the difference?

perambulator | waywiser |

As nouns the difference between perambulator and waywiser

is that perambulator is (british) a baby carriage; a pram while waywiser is an instrument for measuring distance travelled; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator.

perambulator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) A baby carriage; a pram.
  • * 1919:
    • That will be all this afternoon," he said to the nurse, who got up with the baby and decanted it into a ''perambulator'' which was standing in the fairway.
  • One who perambulates.
  • A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances, consisting of a wheel that rolls over the ground, along with a clockwork apparatus and a dial plate upon which the distance travelled is shown by an index.

    • Synonyms

    * pram

    Related terms

    * perambulate * perambulation * perambulatory

    waywiser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instrument for measuring distance travelled; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator.
    • The waywiser to a coach, exactly measuring the miles, and showing them by an index. — Evelyn.
    (Webster 1913)