bypass vs main road
main road vs bypassbypass and main road both are nouns.
bypass is a verb but main road is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bypass | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| main road | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
main road is a hypernym of
bypass; that is, main road is a
word with a broader meaning than bypass:
- bypass: a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
- main road: a major road for any form of motor transport
Other hypernyms of bypass include
highway.
| bypass (noun) | main road (noun) |
|---|---|
| a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | a major road for any form of motor transport |
| a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current | |
| a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) |
| bypass (verb) | main road (verb) |
|---|---|
| avoid something unpleasant or laborious |
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