rail vs railroad
railroad vs railrail and railroad both are nouns.
rail and railroad both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rail | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| railroad | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
railroad is a hypernym of
rail; that is, railroad is a
word with a broader meaning than rail:
- rail: short for railway
- railroad: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
| rail (noun) | railroad (noun) |
|---|---|
| any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
| a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) | a line of track providing a runway for wheels |
| 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 |
| rail (verb) | railroad (verb) |
|---|---|
| complain bitterly | transport by railroad |
| spread negative information about | supply with railroad lines |
| criticize severely | compel by coercion, threats, or crude means |
| 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 |
Words related to "rail"
- Notornis mantelli
- Rallidae
- abuse
- architecture
- balusters
- balustrade
- banister
- bannister
- bar
- barrier
- blackguard
- clapperclaw
- complain
- confine
- coot
- crake
- denounce
- divide
- enclose
- family Rallidae
- fence rail
- fife rail
- fish
- fulminate
- furnish
- guardrail
- handrail
- hitching bar
- hitchrack
- hold in
- inveigh
- kick
- kvetch
- lay
- ledger board
- maori hen
- notornis
- offer
- picture rail
- plain
- plate rail
- provide
- put down
- quetch
- rail in
- rail off
- railing
- railroad
- railroad line
- railroad track
- rails
- railway
- railway line
- railway system
- render
- repose
- revile
- ride
- runway
- safety rail
- separate
- shout
- sound off
- split rail
- streetcar track
- supply
- taffrail
- takahe
- third rail
- track
- train
- tramline
- tramway
- transport
- vilify
- vituperate
- wader
- wading bird
- weka
- wood hen
Words related to "railroad"
- American English
- broad gauge
- cable railway
- coerce
- cog railway
- crosstie
- dragoon
- el
- elevated
- elevated railroad
- elevated railway
- force
- funicular
- funicular railway
- furnish
- gantlet
- hale
- line
- metro
- monorail
- narrow gauge
- offer
- overhead railway
- pressure
- provide
- rack railway
- rail
- rail line
- railroad line
- railroad siding
- railroad tie
- railroad track
- railroading
- rails
- railway
- railway line
- railway system
- render
- runway
- sandbag
- scenic railway
- send
- ship
- sidetrack
- siding
- sleeper
- squeeze
- standard gauge
- subway
- subway system
- supply
- switch
- tie
- track
- transport
- tube
- turnout
- underground
© WordCmp.com 2024,
CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.