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Lane vs Parkway - What's the difference?

lane | parkway |

As a verb lane

is borrow.

As a noun parkway is

a road, a thoroughfare or parkway can be (rail transport|british|australian) a railway station built on the edge of a town, typically with a large car park to function as a park and ride interchange.

lane

English

(wikipedia lane)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
  • A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles
  • A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart
  • A course designated for ships or aircraft
  • (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.

    • Derived terms

    * laneway * memory lane * shipping lane * swimlane

    See also

    * alley * alleyway * carriageway * direction * gennel, ginnel, guinnel, gunnel, jennel * gitty, jitty * side * passage * roadway * snicket * wynd

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    Anagrams

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    parkway

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a road, a thoroughfare
  • (US) a scenic freeway
  • (US) a divided highway with a landscaped median

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rail transport, British, Australian) a railway station built on the edge of a town, typically with a large car park to function as a park and ride interchange.