street vs thoroughfare

street and thoroughfare both are nouns.

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

As nouns, thoroughfare is a hypernym of street; that is, thoroughfare is a word with a broader meaning than street:

street: a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
thoroughfare: a public road from one place to another

As nouns, thoroughfare is a hypernym of street; that is, thoroughfare is a word with a broader meaning than street:

street: the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
thoroughfare: a public road from one place to another

street (noun)	thoroughfare (noun)
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings	a public road from one place to another
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