Railway vs. Railroad

Railwaynoun

A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.

Railwaynoun

A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.

Railwaynoun

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system

Railwaynoun

a line of track providing a runway for wheels;

Railroadnoun

A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.

Railroadnoun

The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.

Railroadnoun

A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets

Railroadnoun

(figuratively) A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

Railroadverb

(transitive) To transport via railroad.

Railroadverb

(intransitive) To operate a railroad.

Railroadverb

(intransitive) To work for a railroad.

Railroadverb

(intransitive) To travel by railroad.

Railroadverb

(intransitive) To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.

Railroadverb

(transitive) To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.

Railroadverb

(transitive) To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.

Railroadverb

(transitive) To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.

Railroadverb

(role-playing games) To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.

Railroadverb

(upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.

Railroadnoun

A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.

Railroadnoun

The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver.

Railroadverb

To carry or send by railroad; usually fig., to send or put through at high speed or in great haste; to hurry or rush unduly; as, to railroad a bill through Condress.

Railroadnoun

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system

Railroadnoun

a line of track providing a runway for wheels;

Railroadverb

compel by coercion, threats, or crude means;

Railroadverb

supply with railroad lines;

Railroadverb

transport by railroad