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Route vs Pathpath - What's the difference?

route | pathpath |

Pathpath is likely misspelled.


Pathpath has no English definition.

As a noun route

is a course or way which is traveled or passed.

As a verb route

is to direct or divert along a particular course.

route

English

(wikipedia route)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) route, rote (French: route) “road, way, path” (source: route on Etymonline)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A course or way which is traveled or passed.
  • *
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  • , magazine=(American Scientist) , title= The Smallest Cell , passage=It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.}}
  • A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
  • A road or path; often specifically a highway.
  • (rfc-sense) (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
  • * 2010 , Damien McLoughlin and David A. Aaker, Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives , John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-68975-2, pages 156-7:
  • If such an option is to viable over time, it needs to be protected against competitors. Having patent protection is one route'.

    Derived terms

    * escape route * paper route * scenic route

    Verb

  • To direct or divert along a particular course.
  • All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
  • (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet
  • To send (information) through a router
  • *
  • Derived terms

    * reroute * router

    See also

    * (Internet) bridge * (Internet) LAN * (Internet) WAN

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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    pathpath

    Not English

    Pathpath has no English definition. It may be misspelled.