Tram vs Metro - What's the difference?
tram | metro |
(UK, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road.
A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
* 1789 , , centenary edition, 1971, ISBN 304-93570-0.)
(obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
(obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.
(UK, obsolete) A car on a horse railroad.
To transport (material) by tram.
A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
An underground railway.
A train that runs on such an underground railway.
An urban rapid transit light railway
A train that runs on such a railway.
As nouns the difference between tram and metro
is that tram is a passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road while metro is an underground railway.As a verb tram
is to transport (material) by tram.As an adjective metro is
metropolitan.tram
English
Etymology 1
Probably from (etyl) trame. The popular derivation from tramway builder is false: the term pre-dated him.Noun
(wikipedia tram) (en noun)- Trams''' are a kind of sledge on which coals are brought from the place where they are hewn to the shaft. A '''tram has four wheels but a sledge is without wheels.
- (De Quincey)