Rider vs. Pillion — What's the Difference?

A condition or proviso added to something already agreed

A pillion is a secondary pad, cushion, or seat behind the main seat or saddle on a horse, motorcycle, bicycle or moped. A passenger in this seat is said to "ride pillion".

A person who is riding or who can ride a horse, bicycle, motorcycle, etc.

A seat for a passenger behind a motorcyclist.

A small weight positioned on the beam of a balance for fine adjustment.

A pad or cushion for an extra rider behind the saddle on a horse or motorcycle.

One that rides, especially one who rides horses.

A bicycle or motorcycle saddle.

An unrelated provision added to a legislative bill as a means of trying to get the provision adopted along with the bill or to hamper the passage of the bill.

A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider.

An amendment or addition annexed to a document, of which it is considered to be a part. Also called allonge.

(motorcycling) A similar second saddle on a motorcycle for a passenger.

Something, such as the top rail of a fence, that rests on or is supported by something else.

The person riding in the pillion.

A mounted person.

The cushion of a saddle.

A knight, or other mounted warrior.

Riding behind the driving rider, as when positioned on the rump of a mount.

An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.

To ride on a pillion.

(generally) Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc.

To put a pillion on a horse.

A mounted robber; a bandit, especially in the Scottish borders.

A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride.

(obsolete) Someone who breaks in or manages a horse; a riding master.

A seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.

An agent who goes out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller or travelling salesman.

Someone riding in a vehicle; a passenger on public transport.

An addition, supplement.

(politics) A supplementary clause added to a document after drafting, especially to a bill under the consideration of a legislature.

An amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements.

An additional matter or question arising in corollary; a qualification.

A supplementary question, now especially in mathematics.

Technical senses.

(shipbuilding) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen the frame.

Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.

The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.

A small, sliding piece of thin metal on a balance, used to determine small weights.

(cartomancy) The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.

(chess) A piece, such as the rook or bishop, which moves any distance in one direction, as long as no other piece is in the way.

One who, or that which, rides.

Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.

One who breaks or manages a horse.

An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.

A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.

A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.

Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.

An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.

The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.

A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.

A robber.

A traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)

A clause that is appended to a legislative bill

A traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle)

A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it