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Bypass vs Throughway - What's the difference?

bypass | throughway |

As nouns the difference between bypass and throughway

is that bypass is a road that passes around something, such as a residential area while throughway is (us) a broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.

As a verb bypass

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

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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    throughway

    English

    Alternative forms

    * thruway (nonstandard)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.