Subway vs Expressway - What's the difference?
subway | expressway |
(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).
(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
, passage=I suppose I could have subwayed around town in search of froufrou French pastry shops. }}
A divided highway where intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.
(Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore) A road built to freeway standards.
(New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.
As nouns the difference between subway and expressway
is that subway is (north america|scotland) an underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas while expressway is a divided highway where intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.As a verb subway
is (intransitive|us|informal) to travel by underground railway.subway
English
(wikipedia subway)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
(underground railway) * metro * tube * underground (rapid transit system) * rapid transit (underground walkway) * underpassVerb
(en verb)citation