Difference between Tricycle and Velocipede

What is the difference between Tricycle and Velocipede?

Tricycle as a noun is a cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children. while Velocipede as a noun is early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.

Tricycle

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To ride a tricycle.

Velocipede

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.Generic term for three and four-wheeled machines driven by foot or hand levers to the rear or front axle.a late-1860s bicycle driven by cranks on the front axlea bicycle

We hope you now know whether to use Tricycle or Velocipede in your sentence.

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