Peddle vs. Pedal — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Peddle and Pedal
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Definitions
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 pēdl) 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'