Highway vs Interstate - What's the difference?
highway | interstate |
A main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=7 (rail) Any public road for vehicular traffic.
(chiefly, US, and, Australia) of, or relating to two or more states
(chiefly, US, and, Australia) crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).
As nouns the difference between highway and interstate
is that highway is a main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers while interstate is a freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System.As an adjective interstate is
of, or relating to two or more states.As an adverb interstate is
crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).highway
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}