approach vs airway

airway vs approach

approach and airway both are nouns.

approach is a verb but airway is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
approach	Yes	No	Yes	No
airway	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, airway is a hypernym of approach; that is, airway is a word with a broader meaning than approach:

approach: the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
airway: a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another

Other hypernyms of approach include air lane, flight path, skyway.

approach (noun)	airway (noun)
the act of drawing spatially closer to something	a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green	a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation	the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
a way of entering or leaving	a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
a close approximation
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
the event of one object coming closer to another
the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

approach (verb)	airway (verb)
make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
move towards
come near in time
begin to deal with
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character

Difference between approach and airway

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