railroad vs rail
rail vs railroadrailroad and rail both are nouns.
railroad and rail both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| railroad | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| rail | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
rail is a hyponym of
railroad; that is, rail is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
railroad:
- railroad: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
- rail: short for railway
Other hyponyms of railroad include
cable railway, funicular, funicular railway, cog railway, rack railway, el, elevated, elevated railroad, elevated railway, overhead railway, metro, subway, subway system, tube, underground, monorail, scenic railway.
| railroad (noun) | rail (noun) |
|---|---|
| line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | 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 line of track providing a runway for wheels | 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 |
| railroad (verb) | rail (verb) |
|---|---|
| transport by railroad | complain bitterly |
| supply with railroad lines | spread negative information about |
| compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | 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 |
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
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
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