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Skateboard vs Scooter - What's the difference?

skateboard | scooter |

As a noun skateboard

is skateboard (platform on wheels).

As a proper noun scooter is

(a male nickname).

skateboard

English

Noun

(wikipedia skateboard) (en noun)
  • A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.

    • Derived terms

    * skateboard deck * skateboarding * skateboard truck * skateboard wheel

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use a skateboard.

    • scooter

    English

    (wikipedia scooter)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kick scooter.
  • A small motor-powered bicycle of similar design, also motor scooter.
  • A mobility scooter, i.e. an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.
  • Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta ; the scoter.
  • A type of ice yacht known at least in the state of New York, equipped with runners for travelling over ice. The body has a flat bottom and is capable of floating in the water which makes it safe to use also on thin ice.

    • Derived terms

    * air scooter * diving scooter * dog scooter * gym scooter * ice scooter * kick scooter or kickscooter * knee scooter * maxiscooter * mobility scooter * mobility scooter * motorized-scooter * motor scooter or motorscooter * push scooter or pushscooter * scootering * scooterist * sea scooter * sky scooter * square scooter * water scooter

    See also

    * (l)

    Descendants

    * Malay: (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ride on a .
  • * {{quote-news, 2005, October 24, , Love Those Boomers, Business Week citation
    • , passage=But execs at parent company Piaggio noticed something odd as they scootered back and forth to their Manhattan offices

    Derived terms

    * scootering

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