What is the difference between alley and lane?
alley | lane |
A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
(baseball) The area between the outfielders, the gap.
(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.
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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.
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.
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)- The parking lot to my friend's apartment building is in the alley .
- He hit one deep into the alley .
- I know each lane and every alley green.