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Aisle vs Corridor - What's the difference?

aisle | corridor |

As nouns the difference between aisle and corridor

is that aisle is a wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers while corridor is a narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, for example in railway carriages (see Wikipedia).

aisle

English

Noun

(wikipedia aisle) (en noun)
  • A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
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  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=20 citation , passage=Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.}}
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  • A clear path through rows of seating.
  • A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
  • Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.
  • Synonyms

    * (path senses) isle

    Derived terms

    * aisled * cross the aisle * roll in the aisles

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    corridor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, for example in railway carriages (see ).
  • *
  • *:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors . Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1931, author=
  • , section=chapter 1/1, title= Death Walks in Eastrepps , passage=Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.}}
  • A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
  • Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
  • Derived terms

    * the corridors of power *