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The two words are synonyms. However, in physics there is a more precise definition, which is a change in an object's position in a specified direction with time.

So in everyday language we could say the speed of the car is 60 miles per hour, but in physics you'd say its velocity is 60 miles per hour North/South/East/West.

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