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Difference Between Peddle and Pedal

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Peddle

Try to sell (something, especially small goods) by going from place to place
He peddled printing materials around the country

Pedal

Each of a pair of foot-operated levers used for powering a bicycle or other vehicle propelled by the legs.

Peddle

To travel about selling (wares)
Peddling goods from door to door.

Pedal

A foot-operated throttle, brake, or clutch control in a motor vehicle
A brake pedal

Peddle

To engage in the illicit sale of (narcotics).
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Pedal

Each of a set of two or three levers on a piano, particularly (also sustaining pedal) one which, when depressed, prevents the dampers from stopping the sound when the keys are released. The second is the soft pedal; a third, if present, produces either selective sustaining or complete muffling of the tone.

Peddle

(Informal) To seek to disseminate; give out
Peddling lies.

Pedal

Move by working the pedals of a bicycle
They pedalled along the canal towpath

Peddle

To travel about selling wares.

Pedal

Use the pedals of a piano, organ, or other keyboard instrument, especially in a particular style
The organist pedalled furiously, her feet travelling musical miles
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Peddle

To occupy oneself with trifles.

Pedal

Relating to the foot or feet.

Peddle

To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.

Pedal

A foot-operated lever used for actuating or controlling a mechanism, as in a loom, sewing machine, piano, or organ.

Peddle

To sell illegal narcotics.

Pedal

A similar foot-operated part attached to a crank and used for powering various devices, such as a bicycle.

Peddle

To spread or cause to spread.

Pedal

A pedal point.

Peddle

To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a license.

Pedal

A pedal keyboard.

Peddle

To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.

Pedal

Of or relating to a pedal.

Peddle

To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.

Pedal

(also pēdl) Of or relating to a foot or footlike part
The pedal extremities.

Peddle

Sell or offer for sale from place to place

Pedal

To use or operate a pedal or pedals.

Pedal

To ride a bicycle.

Pedal

To operate the pedals of.

Pedal

A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano
There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.
A piano usually has two or three pedals.
The pedal of a loom

Pedal

(medicine) an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.

Pedal

(music) An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.

Pedal

A stirrup.

Pedal

(music) The ranks of pipes played from the pedal-board of an organ.
A small organ commonly has only one or two ranks on the pedal.

Pedal

To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.
To pedal one's loom

Pedal

To operate a bicycle.
He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.

Pedal

Of or relating to the foot.

Pedal

Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion.

Pedal

Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.

Pedal

A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle.

Pedal

A pedal curve or surface.

Pedal

A sustained bass note

Pedal

A lever that is operated with the foot

Pedal

Ride a bicycle

Pedal

Operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument

Pedal

Of or relating to the feet;
The word for a pedal extremity is `foot'

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