railway line vs rail
rail vs railway linerailway line and rail both are nouns.
railway line is not a verb while rail is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| railway line | Yes | No | No | No |
| rail | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
rail is a hyponym of
railway line; that is, rail is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
railway line:
- railway line: 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 railway line 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.
| railway line (noun) | rail (noun) |
|---|---|
| the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed | 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 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 |
| railway line (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 |
Words related to "railway line"
- branch line
- cable railway
- cog railway
- el
- elevated
- elevated railroad
- elevated railway
- funicular
- funicular railway
- line
- metro
- monorail
- overhead railway
- rack railway
- rail
- rail line
- railroad
- railroad bed
- railroad line
- railroad track
- railway
- railway system
- road
- route
- scenic railway
- spur
- spur track
- subway
- subway system
- trunk line
- trunk route
- tube
- 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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