funicular railway vs cable railway

funicular railway and cable railway both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of funicular railway include funicular.

funicular railway (noun)	cable 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