Corridor vs Alley - What's the difference?
corridor | alley |
A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, for example in railway carriages (see ).
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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors . Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
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Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
(baseball) The area between the outfielders, the gap.
(bowling) An establishment where bowling is played; bowling alley.
(tennis) The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
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A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
(perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
As nouns the difference between corridor and alley
is that corridor is a narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, for example in railway carriages (see Wikipedia) while alley is a narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.corridor
English
Noun
(en noun)Death Walks in Eastrepps, passage=Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.}}
Derived terms
* the corridors of power *alley
English
(wikipedia alley)Etymology 1
(etyl) and (etyl) alee, feminine of .Noun
(en noun)- The parking lot to my friend's apartment building is in the alley .
- He hit one deep into the alley .
- I know each lane and every alley green.