Runway vs Highway - What's the difference?
runway | highway |
an airstrip, a (usually) paved section on which planes land or take off
a narrow platform extending from a stage on which people walk, especially used by models in fashion shows
the usual path taken by deer or other wild animals, i.e. from the forest to the stream
a stream bed
A main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=7 (rail) Any public road for vehicular traffic.
As nouns the difference between runway and highway
is that runway is an airstrip, a (usually) paved section on which planes land or take off while highway is a main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.runway
English
(wikipedia runway)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (platform for fashion shows): catwalkAnagrams
*highway
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
