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Submarine vs Subway - What's the difference?

submarine | subway |

As nouns the difference between submarine and subway

is that submarine is a boat that can go underwater while subway is an underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.

As verbs the difference between submarine and subway

is that submarine is to operate or serve on a submarine while subway is to travel by underground railway.

As an adjective submarine

is undersea.

submarine

English

(wikipedia submarine)

Adjective

(-)
  • undersea.
  • Hidden or undisclosed.
    • a submarine patent

    Synonyms

    * subaquatic, subaqueous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A boat that can go underwater.
  • A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
  • (baseball) Pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
  • Any submarine plant or animal.
  • (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.

    • Synonyms

    * (boat) U-boat * (sandwich) grinder, hero, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, po' boy, sub, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge

    Antonyms

    * (boat) surface ship

    Related terms

    * submariner

    Verb

    (submarin)
  • To operate or serve on a
  • To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 13, author=The Associated Press, title=Shares Up as Investors Ponder Retail Data, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“We’re really at the point of chicken, where the Fed is trying to ward off inflation without submarining the economy.” }}

    subway

    English

    (wikipedia subway)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (North America, Scotland) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
  • (US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way.
  • (British) underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).

    • Synonyms

    (underground railway) * metro * tube * underground (rapid transit system) * rapid transit (underground walkway) * underpass

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive, US, informal) To travel by underground railway.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 13, author=Melissa Clark, title=From Paris, With Hustle, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=I suppose I could have subwayed around town in search of froufrou French pastry shops. }}

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