Subway vs. Railroad

Subwaynoun

An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas. Rail transportation

Subwaynoun

A train that runs on such an underground railway.

Subwaynoun

(US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way.

Subwaynoun

(British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).

Subwaynoun

An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.

Subwayverb

To travel by underground railway.

Subwaynoun

An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted.

Subwaynoun

An underground railroad, usually having trains powered by electricity provided by an electric line running through the underground tunnel. It is usually confined to the center portion of cities; - called also tube, and in Britain, underground. In certain other countries (as in France or Russia) it is called the metro.

Subwaynoun

electric underground railway

Subwaynoun

an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway

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