different between highway vs byway
highway
English
Etymology
From Middle English hei?wai, hei?wei, from Old English h?ahwe? (“main road, highway”), corresponding to high +? way. Compare highgate, high street, high road.
Cognate with Scots heaway, heway, hieway, hichway, heichway (“highway”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ha?we?/
- Rhymes: -a?we?
Noun
highway (plural highways)
- (historical) A road that is higher than the surrounding land and has drainage ditches at the sides
- A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
- (figuratively) A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny
- (law, rail transport) Any public road for vehicular traffic.
- (computing) Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”)
Synonyms
- (road): hwy. (abbreviation)
Hyponyms
- (main public road): expressway, motorway
Derived terms
- hwy. (abbreviation)
- Highway Code
- highway hypnosis
- highwayman
- highway patrol
- highway robber, highway robbery
- one's way or the highway
Translations
References
- highway at OneLook Dictionary Search
- highway in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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byway
English
Alternative forms
- by-way
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ba?we?/
- Rhymes: -a?we?
Noun
byway (plural byways)
- a road that is not frequently travelled
- (by extension) an unpopular or arcane field of study
Derived terms
- restricted byway
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