different between interchange vs flyover

English

Etymology

From Old French entrechange

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?nd?

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?nt?(r)ch?nj', IPA^(key): /?nt?(?)?t?e?nd?/
• (US) enPR: ?nt?rch?nj', IPA^(key): /?nt??t?e?nd?/

Noun

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?n't?(r)ch?nj, IPA^(key): /??nt?(?).t?e?nd?/
• (US) enPR: ?n't?rch?nj, IPA^(key): /??nt?t?e?nd?/

Verb

interchange (third-person singular simple present interchanges, present participle interchanging, simple past and past participle interchanged)

1. (transitive) to switch (each of two things)

   to interchange places

2. (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
3. (intransitive) to swap or change places
4. (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary

   to interchange cares with pleasures

5. (transport) To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).

Synonyms

• (to switch each of two things): exchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch
• (to mutually give and receive something): exchange, trade; See also Thesaurus:trade
• (to change places):
• (to alternate): See also Thesaurus:alternate or Thesaurus:mix

Translations

Noun

interchange (countable and uncountable, plural interchanges)

1. An act of interchanging.
2. A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
3. (rail transport) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.

Usage notes

Generally the rail transport sense of "interchange" applies to connections within the same station, or from two close-by stations. Sometimes, especially within the context of public transport in London, "interchange" is restricted to within-station connections only with outerchange used for those that involve leaving the station.

Antonyms

• (rail transport): outerchange (in some contexts only, see usage notes)

Derived terms

• electronic data interchange
• system interchange
• transport interchange

Translations

References

• “interchange”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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