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Runaway vs Motorway - What's the difference?

runaway | motorway |

As nouns the difference between runaway and motorway

is that runaway is a person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations while 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.

runaway

English

Alternative forms

* run-away

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations.
  • Runaway children are vulnerable to criminal exploitation.
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  • Thou runaway , thou coward, art thou fled?
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  • A train that is out of control.
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  • (usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
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  • The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
  • There was a runaway yesterday.
  • An overwhelming victory.
  • The home side won in a runaway .

    Usage notes

    This word is frequently used attributively, as in "runaway X" to mean "an X which has run away" or "an X which is out of control".

    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