Difference between constant velocity and constant acceleration

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I want to know the comparison between a body in motion with constant velocity and accelerated motion?
Like a body when it is motion with constant velocity its velocity is constant(v =constant) and acceleration (a=0)...?
and when a body is in accelerated motion its velocity will be constant(v =constant) and acceleration is also constant (a =constant) or acceleration has some value.
Please elaborate to make me clearer as possible.!
 
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You assume an accelerated object moves at constant speed. This is the contradiction that confuses you
 


Acceleration means a change in Cartesian velocity.
 


assuc said:
and when a body is in accelerated motion its velocity will be constant(v =constant) and acceleration is also constant (a =constant) or acceleration has some value.
Since acceleration is the rate of change of velocity, you cannot have constant velocity with a non-zero acceleration.