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Trolley vs Wheelbarrow - What's the difference?

trolley | wheelbarrow |

As nouns the difference between trolley and wheelbarrow

is that trolley is a cart or shopping cart while wheelbarrow is a small, one-wheeled (rarely two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.

As verbs the difference between trolley and wheelbarrow

is that trolley is to bring to by trolley while wheelbarrow is to convey in a wheelbarrow.

trolley

English

Alternative forms

* trolly

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (Australian, New Zealand, British) A cart or shopping cart.
  • (British) A hand truck.
  • (British) A .
  • (British) A gurney.
  • A single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electical line usually for a streetcar.
  • (US) A streetcar or a system of streetcars.
  • (US, colloquial) A light rail system or a train on such a system.
  • A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
  • A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
  • Derived terms

    * off one's trolley * trolleybus * trolley dolly * trolley jack

    Verb

  • To bring to by trolley.
  • To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.
  • wheelbarrow

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, one-wheeled (rarely two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.
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    Derived terms

    * wheelbarrow race

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To convey in a wheelbarrow.
  • (aviation) To cause the weight of an aeroplane to become concentrated around the nosewheel.