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Roadway vs Railroad - What's the difference?

roadway | railroad |

As nouns the difference between roadway and railroad

is that roadway is a way used as a road while railroad is a permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.

As a verb railroad is

to transport via railroad.

roadway

English

Noun

(wikipedia roadway) (en noun)
  • A way used as a road.
  • The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
  • The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.

    • Synonyms

    * The main or central portion of a road :

    See also

    * verge and sidewalk

    railroad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
    • ''Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads
  • The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
  • A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets
    • ''Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other
  • (figuratively) A procedure conducted or bullied in haste without due consideration.
    • The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.

    Synonyms

    * railway (UK)

    Derived terms

    * railroad flat * railroad track

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To transport via railroad.
  • To operate a railroad.
    • ''The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly
  • To work for a railroad.
  • To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
  • To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
    • The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
  • To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
    • They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
  • To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
    • He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.
  • (role-playing games) To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.

    • Derived terms

    * railroader