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Is there a difference between instantaneous speed and the magnitude of instantaneous velocity?
Consider a particle that moves around the coordinate grid. After $t$ seconds, it has the position
$$
S(t)=(\cos t, \sin t) \quad 0 \leq t \leq \pi/2 \, .
$$
The particle traces a quarter arc of ...