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Autobahn vs Highway - What's the difference?

autobahn | highway |

As nouns the difference between autobahn and highway

is that autobahn is the high-speed intercity highways of Germany while highway is a main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.

autobahn

English

(Autobahn)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The high-speed intercity highways of Germany.
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    • highway

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=7 citation , passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
  • (rail)  Any public road for vehicular traffic.

    • Hyponyms

    * (main public road) expressway, motorway

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