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Avenue vs Broadway - What's the difference?

avenue | broadway |

As nouns the difference between avenue and broadway

is that avenue is a broad street, especially one bordered by trees (Wikipedia) while Broadway is the highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.

As a proper noun Broadway is

A street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way.

As an adjective Broadway is

flashy; showy.

avenue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A broad street, especially one bordered by trees ().
  • A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
  • The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=1 citation , passage=They said nothing further, but tramped on in the growing darkness, past farm steadings, into the little village, through the silent churchyard where generations of the Pallisers lay, and up the beech avenue that led to Northrop Hall.}}
  • A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
    • There are several avenues by which we can approach this problem.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=18 April , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Alexis Sanchez hit the crossbar for Barcelona early on and Pedro hit the post in the dying seconds - while Cole cleared off the line from Cesc Fabregas. Goalkeeper Petr Cech also saved well from Messi and Carles Puyol as Pep Guardiola's team tried every avenue in an attempt to break Chelsea down.}}

    Usage notes

    Sometimes used interchangeably with other terms such as street. When distinguished, an avenue' is generally broad and tree-lined. Further, in many American cities laid out on a grid, notably Manhattan, streets run east-west, while ' avenues run north-south. In French traditionally used for routes between two places within a city, named for the destination (or formally where it is coming from''), as in the archetypal ''Avenue des . This distinction is not observed in English, where names such as “(Fifth Avenue)” are common.

    Synonyms

    * (broad street) drive, boulevard * (broad street) , ave (abbreviation)

    broadway

    English

    Proper noun

    (-)
  • The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.
  • The theater district of Manhattan.
  • The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.
  • The American theater industry.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=April 29 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992) citation , page= , passage=“King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction. }}
  • (Manitoba, idiomatic) The government of Manitoba.
  • * 2009 , “Verbal vent at city hall: Councillors attack province, feds on their infrastructure priorities”, in Winnipeg Free Press , June 25:
    • Angry city councillors lashed out against both Broadway and Ottawa on Wednesday, claiming the Doer government and the Harper Conservatives are spending millions on infrastructure projects Winnipeg doesn't want and not enough on road repairs the city needs.

    Noun

  • (poker slang) The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.

    • Derived terms

    * Broadway stage * Broadway show * Broadway musical * off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, off-off-off-Broadway

    See also

    * Sussex Drive

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Flashy; showy.

    • Quotations

    (English Citations of "Broadway")

    References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 * The Domesday Book (1086); section "Broadway, Somerset" http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7609338 * The Domesday Book (1086); section "Broadway, Worcestershire" http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7577729