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Byway vs Detour - What's the difference?

byway | detour |

As nouns the difference between byway and detour

is that byway is a road that is not frequently travelled while detour is a diversion or deviation from one's original route.

As a verb detour is

to make a detour.

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

    • detour

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IX
    • On the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a detour.
  • To direct or send on a detour.

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