main street vs street

street vs main street

main street and street both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
main street	Yes	No	No	No
street	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, street is a hypernym of main street; that is, street is a word with a broader meaning than main street:

main street: street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town
street: a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

main street (noun)	street (noun)
street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town	a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
	the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
	people living or working on the same street
	the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
	a situation offering opportunities

Difference between main street and street

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