Difference between Bike and Motorcycle

What is the difference between Bike and Motorcycle?

Bike as a noun is a short form of bicycle. while Motorcycle as a noun is an open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels.

Bike

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A short form of bicycle. A short form of motorcycle. A promiscuous woman; from “the town bike (everybody rides her)”. The collective noun for a nest of wild bees, wasps or ants.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To ride a bike. To travel by bike.

Example sentence: I find it easier to write in the winter in Melbourne. When the weather is good you want to go out for a walk, ride a bike, go to a cafe or something. When it's raining, when it's a miserable day, I just sit down at my desk and get some work done.

Motorcycle

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To motor around on a motorcycle; to ride.

Example sentence: The connection to place, to the land, the wind, the sun, stars, the moon... it sounds romantic, but it's true - the visceral experience of motion, of moving through time on some amazing machine - a few cars touch on it, but not too many compared to motorcycles. I always felt that any motorcycle journey was special.

We hope you now know whether to use Bike or Motorcycle in your sentence.

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