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Byway vs Bypass - What's the difference?

byway | bypass |

As nouns the difference between byway and bypass

is that byway is a road that is not frequently travelled while bypass is a road that passes around something, such as a residential area.

As a verb bypass is

to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.

byway

English

Alternative forms

* by-way

Noun

(en noun)
  • a road that is not frequently travelled
  • (by extension) an unpopular or arcane field of study
  • *'>citation

    • bypass

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia bypass) (bypasses)
  • a road that passes around something, such as a residential area
  • a circumvention
  • a section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture
  • an electrical shunt
  • (medicine) an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass

    • Verb

    (es)
  • to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
  • to ignore the usual channels or procedures

    • Related terms

    * antibypass * bypasser * coronary artery bypass

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