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Speeds vs Velocity - What's the difference?

speeds | velocity |

As nouns the difference between speeds and velocity

is that speeds is while velocity is (physics) a vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component.

As a verb speeds

is (speed).

speeds

English

Noun

(head)
  • This bike has twelve speeds it can go.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (speed)
  • That boy is going to lose his license because he speeds like a demon.

    velocity

    English

    Noun

  • (physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component.
  • Rapidity of motion.
  • The rate of occurrence.
  • (economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.
  • Derived terms

    * angular velocity * phase velocity * escape velocity