Way vs Street - What's the difference?
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(lb) To do with a place or places.
#A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
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#*:The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance.
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A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
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(lb) Personal interaction.
#Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
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#Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
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(lb) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
(lb) Speed, progress, momentum.
*1977 , (w, Richard O'Kane), Clear the Bridge: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang , Ballantine Books (2003), p.343:
*:Ten minutes into the run Tang slowed, Welch calling out her speed as she lost way .
A degree, an amount, a sense.
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: "It's a long way to Tipperary, / it's a long way to go." [It’s a Long Way to Tipperary , a marching and music hall song by Jack Judge and Henry "Harry" James Williams, popularized especially by British troops in World War One]
* (a tradition within Heathenry) To walk the Way of the Runes, you must experience the runes as they manifest both in the part of Midgard that lies outside yourself and the worlds within. (Diana Paxson)
(obsolete) To travel.
* 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.ii:
(informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
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(slang, with positive adjective) Very.
* 2005 , Erika V. Shearin Karres, Crushes, Flirts, & Friends: A Real Girl's Guide to Boy Smarts ,
(informal) Far.
A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
(slang) Street talk or slang.
* 2008 , Andrew Fleming and Pam Brady, Hamlet 2 , Focus Features
(figuratively) A great distance.
* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
(poker slang) Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
Illicit, contraband, especially of a drug
(slang) Having street cred; conforming to modern urban trends.
* 2003 , Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill, James P. Baen, Mad Maudlin
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English
(wikipedia way)Etymology 1
From (etyl) wei, wai, weighe, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* waye (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.}}
Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere.
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Lord Stranleigh Abroad, passage=“[…] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way' she laughed, cackling like a hen, the ' way she talked to the waiters and the maid,
citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=That concertina was a wonder in its way . The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.}}
Quotations
* (path or direction) "Do you know the way to San Jose?" [Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* by way of * by the way * change one's ways * come one's way * either way * every which way * give way * go all the way * go out of one's way * have it both ways * in a way * in the way * in the way of * have a way with * have one's way * have one's wicked way * know one's way around * lose one's way * no way * no way to treat a lady * on the way * one way or another * right of way * runway * slipway * taxiway * the way things are * the way to a man's heart is through his stomach * wayfinding * way in * way of all flesh * Way of the Cross * way of the world / ways of the world * way of life * way off * way out * waybill * way to goVerb
(en verb)- on a time as they together way'd , / He made him open chalenge [...].
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*Etymology 2
Apheresis of (m).Alternative forms
* (dated)Adverb
(-)- I'm way too tired to do that.
- I'm a way better singer than she.
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- It turns out that's way more gain than you need for a keyboard, but you don't have to use all of it to benefit from the sonic characteristics.
- I'm way tired
- String theory is way cool, except for the math.
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- With all the way cool boys out there, what if you don't recognize them because you don't know what to look for? Or, what if you have a chance to pick a perfect Prince and you end up with a yucky Frog instead?
- I used to live way over there.
- The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
Synonyms
* (much) far, much, loads * (very) so, veryEtymology 3
From the sound it represents, by analogy with other velar letters such as kay'' and ''gay .street
English
(wikipedia street)Alternative forms
* streeteAlternative forms
* (l), (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Walk down the street .
- I live on the street down from Joyce Avenue.
- Toaster is street for guns.
- He's streets ahead of his sister in all the subjects in school.
- England were once again static in their few attacks, only Tuilagi's bullocking runs offering any threat, Flood reduced to aiming a long-range drop-goal pit which missed by a street .
- I got some pot cheap on the street .
Usage notes
In the generical sense of "a road", the term is often used interchangeably with road, avenue, and other similar terms. In the English language, in its narrow usage street specifically means a paved route within a settlement (generally city or town), reflecting the etymology, while a road is a route between two settlements. Further, in many American cities laid out on a grid (notably Manhattan, New York City) streets are contrasted with avenues and run perpendicular to each other, with avenues frequently wider and longer than streets. In the sense of "a road", the prepositions in and on have distinct meanings when used with street, with "on the street" having idiomatic meaning in some dialects. In general for thoroughfares, "in" means "within the bounds of", while "on" means "on the surface of, especially traveling or lying", used relatively interchangeably ("don’t step in the road without looking", "I met her when walking on the road"). By contrast, "living on the street" means to be living an insecure life, often homeless or a criminal. Further, to "hear something on the street" means to learn through rumor, also phrased as "word on the street is...".Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* streetcar * streetcorner * streeted * streetfighter * streetlamp * streetlife * streetlight * streetscape * streetseller * streetwalker * streetward * streetwear * streetwise * streety * back street * civvy street * easy street * from the streets * high street * man on the street * one-way street * side street * street address * street art * street corner, * street cred, street credibility * street drug * street elbow * street food * street furniture * street hockey * street map * street market * street name * street racing * street smarts * street sweeper * street team * street urchin * take to the streets * two-way street * word on the street * Bay Street * Downing Street * Fleet Street * Harley Street * Lombard Street * Main Street * Queer Street * Threadneedle Street * Wall StreetAdjective
(en adjective)- Eric had to admit that she looked street —upscale street, but still street. Kayla's look tended to change with the seasons; at the moment it was less Goth than paramilitary, with laced jump boots.