Streetcar vs. Trolley — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Streetcar and Trolley
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Streetcar
A public vehicle operated on rails along a regular route, usually through the streets of a city.
Trolley
A large metal basket or frame on wheels, used for transporting heavy or large items, such as supermarket purchases or luggage at an airport or railway station.
Streetcar
(North America) A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car, but also attached together, operating on city streets. A trolley car.
Trolley
A wheel attached to a pole, used for collecting current from an overhead electric wire to drive a tram.
Streetcar
A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity;
`tram' and `tramcar' are British terms
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Trolley
Short for trolleybus or trolley car
Trolley
A streetcar.
Trolley
A device that collects electric current from an underground conductor, an overhead wire, or a third rail and transmits it to the motor of an electric vehicle.
Trolley
A small truck or car operating on a track and used in a mine, quarry, or factory for conveying materials.
Trolley
A wheeled carriage, cage, or basket that is suspended from and travels on an overhead track.
Trolley
Chiefly British A light cart designed to be moved by hand.
Trolley
To convey (passengers) or travel by trolley.
Trolley
A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
Trolley
(US) A streetcar or light train.
Trolley
A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system.
Trolley
A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
Trolley
A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
Trolley
A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley.
Trolley
(British) A hand truck.
Trolley
(British) A soapbox car.
Trolley
(British) A gurney, a stretcher with wheeled legs.
Trolley
(Philippines) A handcar.
Trolley
To bring to by trolley.
Trolley
To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.
Trolley
To travel by trolley (streetcar, trolleybus or light train).
Trolley
A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like.
Trolley
A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity;
`tram' and `tramcar' are British terms
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