Rollercoaster vs. Seesaw — What's the Difference?

A steep, sharply curving elevated railway with small open passenger cars that is operated at high speeds as a ride, especially in an amusement park.

A seesaw (also known as a teeter-totter or teeterboard) is a long, narrow board supported by a single pivot point, most commonly located at the midpoint between both ends; as one end goes up, the other goes down. These are most commonly found at parks and school playgrounds.

An action, event, or experience marked by abrupt, extreme changes in circumstance, quality, or behavior

A long plank balanced on a central fulcrum so that with a person riding on each end, one end goes up as the other goes down. Also called regionally dandle, dandle board, teedle board, teeter, teeterboard, teeter-totter, tilt1, tilting board.

An amusement ride consisting of a buggy on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.

The act or game of riding a seesaw.

Any situation in which there are ups and downs, or violent changes.

A back-and-forth or up-and-down movement.

An action or process in which something repeatedly changes from one condition or situation to another

To play on a seesaw.

To move back and forth or up and down.

To change back and forth from one condition or situation to another

A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.

A series of up-and-down movements.

A series of alternating movements or feelings.

An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.

(intransitive) To use a seesaw.

To fluctuate.

(transitive) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.

Fluctuating.

A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down.

A plank or board adjusted for this play.

A vibratory or reciprocating motion.

Same as Crossruff.

To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.

To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.

Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.

A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end

Ride on a plank

Move up and down as if on a seesaw

Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion