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Wheelchair vs Buggy - What's the difference?

wheelchair | buggy |

As nouns the difference between wheelchair and buggy

is that wheelchair is a chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person while buggy is a small horse-drawn cart.

As an adjective buggy is

infested with insects.

wheelchair

English

(wikipedia wheelchair)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
  • (attributive) designed for wheelchairbound people

    • Related terms

    * wheelchair user * wheelchair sport * wheelchair lift

    buggy

    English

    Noun

    (buggies)
  • A small horse-drawn cart.
  • *
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  • A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy.
  • (UK) A pushchair; a stroller.
  • (Canada, southern US) A shopping cart or trolley.

    • Synonyms

    * (pushchair) stroller

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Infested with insects
  • (computing) Containing programming errors
    • This software is so buggy that I don't know how anyone can use it!
  • Resembling an insect

    • Derived terms

    * baby buggy * bugginess * buggy eyes