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Railroad vs Orange - What's the difference?

railroad | orange |

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)
  • A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
  • ''Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads
  • 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
  • ''Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other
  • (figuratively) A procedure conducted or bullied in haste without due consideration.
  • The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.

    Synonyms

    * railway (UK)

    Derived terms

    * railroad flat * railroad track

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To transport via railroad.
  • To operate a railroad.
  • ''The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly
  • 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.
  • The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
  • To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
  • They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
  • To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
  • He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.
  • (role-playing games) To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.
  • Derived terms

    * railroader

    orange

    English

    (wikipedia orange)

    Usage notes

    * It is commonly believed that “orange” has no rhymes. While there are no commonly used English dictionary words that rhyme exactly with “orange” (“door-hinge” comes close in US pronunciation), the English surname Gorringe is a rhyme, at least in UK pronunciation. See

    Noun

  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
  • Antonyms

    * (having orange as its colour) nonorange

    Verb

    (orang)
  • To color orange.
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  • To become orange.
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  • See also

    * citrus * clementine * Cointreau * * mandarin * marmalade * murcott * naartjie * ortanique * pomander * satsuma * satsuma mandarin * satsuma tangerine * secondary colour * tangerine * triple sec * zest *

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