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Turnout vs Detour - What's the difference?

turnout | detour |

As nouns the difference between turnout and detour

is that turnout is attendance; crowd while detour is detour.

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

    Anagrams

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    detour

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IX
  • On the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a detour.
  • To direct or send on a detour.
  • Anagrams

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