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What is the difference between alley and lane?

alley | lane |

As nouns the difference between alley and lane

is that alley is a narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings while lane is a narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.

As a proper noun Lane is

{{surname|topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived in a lane.

alley

English

(wikipedia alley)

Etymology 1

(etyl) and (etyl) alee, feminine of .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
  • The parking lot to my friend's apartment building is in the alley .
  • (baseball) The area between the outfielders, the gap.
  • He hit one deep into the alley .
  • (bowling) An establishment where bowling is played; bowling alley.
  • (tennis) The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
  • A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
  • * Milton
  • I know each lane and every alley green.
  • A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
  • (perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
  • The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
  • Derived terms
    * alleyway * up someone's alley

    See also

    * alleyway * bunnyrun * gennel, ginnel, gunnel, jennel * jitty * lane * passage * snicket * wynd

    Etymology 2

    Diminutive of (alabaster).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A glass marble or taw.
  • Anagrams

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    lane

    English

    (wikipedia lane)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
  • A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles
  • A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart
  • A course designated for ships or aircraft
  • (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
  • Derived terms

    * laneway * memory lane * shipping lane * swimlane

    See also

    * alley * alleyway * carriageway * direction * gennel, ginnel, guinnel, gunnel, jennel * gitty, jitty * side * passage * roadway * snicket * wynd

    Anagrams

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