different between roadway vs highway

English

Etymology

From Middle English *rodeway, *radewey (attested in radewey-stile (literally “roadway-stile”)), equivalent to road +? way; road had the early sense of "riding" when the compound was formed, thus originally "a way for riding on".

Noun

roadway (plural roadways)

1. A way used as a road.
2. The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
3. The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.

Translations

See also

• verge
• sidewalk

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)

1. (historical) A road that is higher than the surrounding land and has drainage ditches at the sides
2. A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
3. (figuratively) A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny
4. (law, rail transport) Any public road for vehicular traffic.
5. (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.