speed vs peculiar velocity

peculiar velocity vs speed

speed and peculiar velocity both are nouns.

speed is a verb but peculiar velocity is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
speed	Yes	No	Yes	No
peculiar velocity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, peculiar velocity is a hyponym of speed; that is, peculiar velocity is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than speed:

speed: distance travelled per unit time
peculiar velocity: velocity with respect to the local standard of rest

Other hyponyms of speed include angular velocity, airspeed, escape velocity, groundspeed, hypervelocity, muzzle velocity, radial velocity, c, light speed, speed of light, steerageway, terminal velocity, relative speed, relative velocity.

speed (noun)	peculiar velocity (noun)
changing location rapidly	velocity with respect to the local standard of rest
a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
distance travelled per unit time

speed (verb)	peculiar velocity (verb)
move faster
cause to move faster
move very fast
travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
move hurridly

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