guardrail vs rail

rail vs guardrail

guardrail and rail both are nouns.

guardrail is not a verb while rail is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
guardrail	Yes	No	No	No
rail	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, rail is a hypernym of guardrail; that is, rail is a word with a broader meaning than guardrail:

guardrail: a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety
rail: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

Other hypernyms of guardrail include railing.

guardrail (noun)	rail (noun)
a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety	any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
	a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
	a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
	a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
	short for railway

guardrail (verb)	rail (verb)
	complain bitterly
	spread negative information about
	criticize severely
	fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
	lay with rails
	travel by rail or train
	separate with a railing
	convey (goods etc.) by rails
	provide with rails
	enclose with rails

Difference between guardrail and rail

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