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Tunnels vs Subway - What's the difference?

tunnels | subway |

As nouns the difference between tunnels and subway

is that tunnels is plural of lang=en while subway is an underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.

As a verb subway is

to travel by underground railway.

tunnels

English

Noun

(head)
  • ----

    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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