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Motorway vs Lane - What's the difference?

motorway | lane |

As a noun motorway

is (british|ireland|new zealand|parts of australia) a broad highway designed for high speed traffic, having restrictions on the vehicle types permitted and merging lanes instead of cross traffic; in parts of the united states and other places called freeway.

As a verb lane is

borrow.

motorway

English

(wikipedia motorway)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British, Ireland, New Zealand, parts of Australia) A broad highway designed for high speed traffic, having restrictions on the vehicle types permitted and merging lanes instead of cross traffic; in parts of the United States and other places called freeway.

    • Synonyms

    * freeway * controlled-access highway * others regionally

    Hypernyms

    * highway

    See also

    * freeway * expressway * autoroute English calques

    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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