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Spyder vs Roadster - What's the difference?

spyder | roadster |

As nouns the difference between spyder and roadster

is that spyder is an open-topped sports car; a roadster while roadster is a sea-going vessel riding at anchor in a road or bay.

spyder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an open-topped sports car; a roadster

    • Usage notes

    usually a European term; while roadster is used in America

    roadster

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a sea-going vessel riding at anchor in a road or bay.
  • (nautical) A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.
  • A horse for riding on the road.
    • A sound, swift, well-fed hunter and roadster . — Thackeray.
  • A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style & steel-framed.
  • (UK, dated) One who drives much; a coach driver.
  • (UK, dated, slang) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
  • An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.
  • A person who lives along the road.

    • See also

    * cabriolet, cabrio * convertible * drophead * landau * landaulet