terminal vs railhead

railhead vs terminal

terminal and railhead both are nouns.

terminal is an adjective but railhead is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
terminal	Yes	Yes	No	No
railhead	Yes	No	No	No

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

terminal: either extremity of something that has length
railhead: the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway

Other hyponyms of terminal include bitter end, bitthead, heel, point, magnetic pole, pole, terminus, yardarm, nerve end, nerve ending, telomere, heel, end point, endpoint, termination, terminus, destination, finish, goal, tip.

terminal (noun)	railhead (noun)
station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods	a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves	the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway
electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
either extremity of something that has length

terminal (adjective)	railhead (adjective)
being or situated at an end
relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
occurring at or forming an end or termination
causing or ending in or approaching death

Difference between terminal and railhead

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