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Corridor vs Concourse - What's the difference?

corridor | concourse |

As nouns the difference between corridor and concourse

is that corridor is a narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, for example in railway carriages (see Wikipedia) while concourse is a large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal.

corridor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, for example in railway carriages (see ).
  • *
  • *: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.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1931, author=
    • , section=chapter 1/1, title= 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.}}
  • A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
  • Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.

    • Derived terms

    * the corridors of power *

    concourse

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia concourse) (en noun)
  • A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal.
  • A large group of people; a crowd.
  • * , The Publisher to the Reader
    • About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives retired, yet in good esteem among his neighbours.
  • * Prescott
    • Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade.
  • The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; confluence.
  • * 1662 - Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World , First Day:
    • ... there was only wanting the concourse of rains ...
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter.
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
    • The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses.
  • An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
  • (obsolete) concurrence; cooperation
  • * Barrow
    • The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding.

    Usage notes

    In sense "open space", particularly used of indoor spaces, by contrast with (m), (m), (m), etc. However, may be used for outdoor spaces as well, primarily high-traffic areas in front of a building.

    Coordinate terms

    * (open space) (l), (l)