Metro vs. Tram
Difference Between Metro and Tram
Metronoun
An underground railway.
Tramnoun
A streetcar.
Metronoun
A train that runs on such an underground railway.
Tramnoun
A streetcar line.
Metronoun
An urban rapid transit light railway
Tramnoun
A cable car, especially one that rolls along an overhead cable along which it is drawn by a second, moving cable.
Metronoun
A train that runs on such a railway.
Tramnoun
A four-wheeled, open, box-shaped wagon or car run on tracks in a mine.
Metronoun
a metropolitan area
Tramnoun
An instrument for gauging and adjusting machine parts; a trammel.
Metroadjective
metropolitan
Tramnoun
Accurate mechanical adjustment
The device is in tram.Metronoun
electric underground railway
Tramnoun
A shiny silk thread with very little twist, primarily used as a weft yarn.
Tramverb
To move or convey in a tram.
Tramverb
To adjust or align (mechanical parts) with a trammel.
Tramnoun
A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
Tramnoun
A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
Tramnoun
A people mover.
Tramnoun
(US) An aerial cable car.
Tramnoun
(US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
Tramnoun
A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
Tramnoun
(obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
Tramnoun
(obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.
Tramnoun
(weaving) A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
Tramverb
(intransitive) To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.
Tramverb
(intransitive) To travel by tram.
Tramverb
(transitive) To transport (material) by tram.
Tramverb
To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the head of a drill press.
Tramnoun
a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
Tramnoun
a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine;
a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mineTramnoun
a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity;
`tram' and `tramcar' are British terms
