segway vs segue

segway

Definitions

noun

  1. (trademark) a self-balancing personal transportation device with two wheels; can operate in any level pedestrian environment

Examples

While the BlackBerry was a perfect example of a tech spade that is a spade—an obvious lasting trend—the Segway is an example of a hyped, short-lived tech fad.

Last Monday San Francisco civic leaders voted 8-2 to bar the use of Segways on footways and cyclepaths.

But, I still remember some of the gags from the first movie of Martin, such as him rolling up in the Segway and ticketing the smokers in the park.

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segue

Definitions

verb

  1. proceed without interruption; in music or talk

noun

  1. the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another

Examples

Colours Beyond Colours" opens with a Jamaican-sounding speaker ostensibly describing the supersensory effects of LSD, and then segueing into a cod-'60s-didactic announcement about the electromagnetic spectrum.

In interview, he'll often segue into a boorish, rambling mode which - while always hilarious - still seems like performance.

He was struggling to read a funny e-mail, but it rendered him speechless, so he segued into the next song without introduction.

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