detour vs road
road vs detourdetour and road both are nouns.
detour is a verb but road is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| detour | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| road | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
road is a hypernym of
detour; that is, road is a
word with a broader meaning than detour:
- detour: a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
- road: an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
Other hypernyms of detour include
route.
| detour (noun) | road (noun) |
|---|---|
| a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) | a way or means to achieve something |
| an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation |
| detour (verb) | road (verb) |
|---|---|
| travel via a detour |
Words related to "road"
- access road
- agency
- bend
- berm
- bypath
- byroad
- byway
- carrefour
- cart track
- cartroad
- causeway
- circle
- clearway
- corduroy
- crest
- crosscut
- crossing
- crossroad
- crossway
- crown
- curve
- cutoff
- detour
- drive
- driveway
- highway
- intersection
- line
- main road
- means
- parkway
- pavement
- paving
- post road
- private road
- rail line
- railway line
- roadbed
- roadway
- rotary
- roundabout
- roundabout way
- route
- royal road
- shortcut
- shoulder
- side road
- skid road
- slip road
- speedway
- thoroughfare
- track
- traffic circle
- turnaround
- turnoff
- turnout
- way
- widening
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