railway vs turnout

turnout vs railway

railway and turnout both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
railway	Yes	No	No	No
turnout	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, turnout is a hyponym of railway; that is, turnout is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than railway:

railway: a line of track providing a runway for wheels
turnout: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass

Other hyponyms of railway include broad gauge, gantlet, narrow gauge, railroad siding, sidetrack, siding, standard gauge, switch.

railway (noun)	turnout (noun)
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight	attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election)
a line of track providing a runway for wheels	(ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
	what is produced in a given time period
	a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park
	a set of clothing (with accessories)
	a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
	the group that gathers together for a particular occasion

Difference between railway and turnout

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