Segue vs. Segway

By Jaxson

  • Segue

    A segue (listen) (Italian pronunciation: [ˈseːɡwe]) is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next.The term is derived from Italian segue, “follows”.

  • Segway

    The Segway PT (originally Segway HT) is a two-wheeled, self-balancing personal transporter by Segway Inc. It was invented by Dean Kamen and brought to market in 2001. HT is an initialism for ‘human transporter’ and PT for ‘personal transporter’.

Wikipedia
  • Segue (verb)

    To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.

    “transition”

    “I can tell she’s going to segue from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage.”

  • Segue (verb)

    To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.

    “Beethoven’s symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next.”

  • Segue (verb)

    To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.

  • Segue (noun)

    An instance of segueing, a transition.

Wiktionary
  • Segue (verb)

    (in music and film) move without interruption from one piece of music or scene to another

    “allow one song to segue into the next”

  • Segue (verb)

    move or shift from one role, state, or condition to another

    “from the humour magazine, the New York-born artist segued into producing films”

  • Segue (noun)

    an uninterrupted transition from one piece of music or film scene to another.

  • Segue (noun)

    a transition from one role, state, or condition to another

    “that’s actually a perfect segue into my next question”

  • Segway (noun)

    a two-wheeled motorized personal vehicle consisting of a platform for the feet mounted above an axle and an upright post surmounted by handles, controlled by the way the rider distributes their weight.

Oxford Dictionary

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