street vs main street

main street vs street

street and main street both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
street	Yes	No	No	No
main street	Yes	No	No	No

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

street: a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
main street: street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town

Other hyponyms of street include alley, alleyway, back street, avenue, boulevard, cross street, local road, local street, high street, mews, rue, side street.

street (noun)	main street (noun)
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings	street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town
the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
people living or working on the same street
the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
a situation offering opportunities

Difference between street and main street

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