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Turnoff vs Turnout - What's the difference?

turnoff | turnout |

As nouns the difference between turnoff and turnout

is that turnoff is a road or path that branches off from a main one while turnout is attendance; crowd.

turnoff

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A road or path that branches off from a main one
  • A distasteful or uninteresting event
  • turnout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • attendance; crowd
  • This restaurant had a pretty good turnout for a Wednesday night.
  • (US) a place to pull off a road
  • When towing a trailer, use the turnouts to let faster traffic pass.
  • (rail transport, chiefly, US) a place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points
  • Synonyms

    * (roadside area) lay-by

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