Railroad vs Orange - What's the difference?
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A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets
(figuratively) A procedure conducted or bullied in haste without due consideration.
To transport via railroad.
To operate a railroad.
To work for a railroad.
To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
(role-playing games) To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.
An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus'' such as ''Citrus sinensis .
The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.
The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
Orange juice, or orange coloured and flavoured cordial.
Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
To color orange.
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To become orange.
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As verbs the difference between railroad and orange
is that railroad is to transport via railroad while orange is .As a noun railroad
is a permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.As an adjective orange is
orangey.railroad
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads
- ''Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other
- The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.
Synonyms
* railway (UK)Derived terms
* railroad flat * railroad trackVerb
(en verb)- ''The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly
- The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
- They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
- He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.