Moped vs. Scooter — What's the Difference?

The term moped ( MOH-ped) originally referred to a type of small motorcycle with both a motorcycle engine and bicycle pedals, or easy-rider, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement than full motorcycles or automobiles. The term is now often used to mean a similar vehicle except with no pedals.

A vehicle consisting of a long footboard usually between two small end wheels, controlled by an upright steering handle attached to the front wheel.

A lightweight motorized bicycle that can be pedaled as well as driven by a low-powered gasoline engine.

A motor scooter.

A motor scooter.

A flatbottom sailboat with runners that can skim over water or ice.

Simple past tense and past participle of mope

A water scooter.

Melancholic, dejected.

A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.

A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.

An electric version of the kick scooter.

A motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine

A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.

A mobility scooter; an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.

An ice scooter; a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht used in the state of New York, equipped with runners for traveling over ice.

Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.

A scooter skirt (skort), especially when worn by girls as part of a school uniform.

To ride on a scooter.

A motorboat resembling a motor scooter

Child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot

A wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel

A sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice

Large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere