different between flyover vs subway

English

Alternative forms

• fly-over

Etymology

From fly + over.

Noun

flyover (plural flyovers)

1. (US) A low-level flight, especially of military aircraft, of a ceremonial nature; a flypast (British).
2. (Britain) A road or railway that passes over another, allowing routes to cross without interruption.

   Synonym: overpass

   Antonyms: underpass, flyunder

3. (US) A high-level overpass built above main overpass lanes.

Derived terms

• flyover country
• flyover state

Translations

Anagrams

• overfly

English

Etymology

sub- +? way

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?s?b?we?/, [?s?b?we??]

Noun

subway (plural subways)

1. (Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
2. (Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.
3. (US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way.
4. (Britain) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
5. An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.

Synonyms

(underground railway):

• metro; Métro (Paris)
• tube; Tube (London)
• underground, underground railway

(rapid transit system):

• rapid transit

(underground walkway):

• underpass

Translations

Verb

subway (third-person singular simple present subways, present participle subwaying, simple past and past participle subwayed)

1. (intransitive, US, informal) To travel by underground railway.

Derived terms

• subwayer

Anagrams

• busway

Spanish

Noun

subway m (plural subways or subway)

1. subway