cable railway vs funicular railway

cable railway and funicular railway both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cable railway	Yes	No	No	No
funicular railway	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cable railway and funicular railway are synonyms defined as:

cable railway and funicular railway: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars

Other synonyms of cable railway include funicular.

cable railway (noun)	funicular railway (noun)
a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars	a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars