It's actually parallel to the parallels, since the parallels are by definition parallel to the equator.
The equator is parallel not meridian
It is a meridian.
differences between equator and prime meridian
equator
Neither the equator or the prime meridian pass through Miami
no... The Prime Meridian is 0° longitude. The equator is 0° latitude.
differences between equator and prime meridian
The only one thing between a meridian and the equator that I can think of is distance. Of course the equator itself is a meridian in which case there is no distance between.
The equator runs West-East and the prime meridian (Greenwich meridian) runs North-South.
Meridian
Neither. Ireland is north of the equator and west of the prime meridian.
The Equator runs east-west and the prime meridian runs north-south.