transit vs telferage

telferage vs transit

transit and telferage both are nouns.

transit is a verb but telferage is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
transit	Yes	No	Yes	No
telferage	Yes	No	No	No

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

transit: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
telferage: a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity

Other hyponyms of transit include air transportation system, highway system, public transit, short line, telpherage.

transit (noun)	telferage (noun)
a journey usually by ship	a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

transit (verb)	telferage (verb)
make a passage or journey from one place to another
cause or enable to pass through
revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)

Difference between transit and telferage

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