different between supertall vs motorway

English

Etymology

super- +? tall

Adjective

supertall (comparative more supertall, superlative most supertall)

1. Extremely tall.

Noun

supertall (plural supertalls)

1. A very tall building.

Usage notes

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat uses this term to denote any building whose height exceeds 984 feet (300 metres).

English

Etymology

motor +? way

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??t?we?/

Noun

motorway (plural motorways)

1. (Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, parts of Australia) A broad highway designed for high speed traffic, having restrictions on the vehicle types permitted and merging lanes instead of cross traffic; in parts of the United States and other places called freeway (or simply highway in other parts of the United States).

Synonyms

• controlled-access highway
• freeway (Australia, Canada, parts of the US)
• expressway (parts of Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore)
• highway (parts of the US and Canada where freeway is not used)
• others regionally

Hypernyms

• highway

Translations

See also

• autoroute
• expressway
• freeway