they are different words with the same meaning.
speed is how fast an object is moving, velocity is how fast an object is moving in a given direction.
The main difference between speed and velocity involves direction. Velocity involves an object moving in a particular direction.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/The_difference_of_speed_and_velocity" The difference between speed and velocity is that speed is a scalar quantity(that have only magnitude) and velocity is a vector quantity(that have both magnitude and direction).
The speed of anything is measured in metres per second. The difference between speed and velocity is that velocity is a vector, that is it has direction and well as magnitude. So velocity would be measured in metres per second in a certain direction.
A motion with a constant speed will always be moving the same speed A motion with a constant acceleration will constantly be gaining speed, and does not remain moving at the same speed.
Velocity is a vector. A vector has a magnitude and a direction. The scalar or magnitude portion of velocity is speed. Velocity is a constant only when both the speed and direction are not varying. Hence, when the speed is changing, the velocity cannot be a constant.
Velocity is speed with direction
The technical difference is that speed has no direction but velocity has one.
velocity is speed with direction; velocity is a vector and speed is a scalar
The difference between an object's speed and an object's velocity is that the object's speed is how fast it is going, and the object's velocity is how many units of speed the object has traveled.
Speed is what it is: speed. Velocity is speed in a given direction, a vector quantity.
The main difference between speed and velocity involves direction.
Speed is just a magnitude (or number); velocity includes information about the direction as well. In physical terms, speed is a scalar, whereas velocity is a vector.
Speed is just a number; velocity includes information about the direction. In physical terms, speed is a scalar, whereas velocity is a vector.
Speed is just a number; velocity includes information about the direction. In physical terms, speed is a scalar, whereas velocity is a vector.
Speed is just a number; velocity includes information about the direction. In physical terms, speed is a scalar, whereas velocity is a vector.
Velocity includes direction. And it's the 'difference', not the 'distance'.
Velocity also includes direction.