runner vs road runner

road runner vs runner

runner and road runner both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
runner	Yes	No	No	No
road runner	Yes	No	No	No

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

runner: a trained athlete who competes in foot races
road runner: someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)

Other hyponyms of runner include long-distance runner, marathon runner, marathoner, miler, sprinter.

runner (noun)	road runner (noun)
fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil	someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)
device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
a long narrow carpet
a trained athlete who competes in foot races
someone who imports or exports without paying duties
a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
someone who travels on foot by running
a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

Difference between runner and road runner

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