The difference between Railroad and Railway
When used as nouns, railroad means a permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on, whereas railway means a transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
Railroad is also verb with the meaning: to transport via railroad.
check bellow for the other definitions of Railroad and Railway
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Railroad as a noun (chiefly, US):
A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
Examples:
"Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads"
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Railroad as a noun (chiefly, US):
The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
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Railroad as a noun (chiefly, US):
A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets
Examples:
"Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other"
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Railroad as a noun (figuratively):
A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
Examples:
"The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed."
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Railroad as a verb (transitive):
To transport via railroad.
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Railroad as a verb (intransitive):
To operate a railroad.
Examples:
"The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly"
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Railroad as a verb (intransitive):
To work for a railroad.
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Railroad as a verb (intransitive):
To travel by railroad.
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Railroad as a verb (intransitive):
To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
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Railroad as a verb (transitive):
To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
Examples:
"The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections."
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Railroad as a verb (transitive):
To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
Examples:
"They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges."
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Railroad as a verb (transitive):
To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
Examples:
"He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview."
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Railroad as a verb (role-playing games):
To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.
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Railroad as a verb (upholstery):
To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.
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Railway as a noun (chiefly, UK, Ireland, and, Commonwealth):
A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
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Railway as a noun (chiefly, UK, Ireland, and, Commonwealth):
A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.