Road
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.
Roads consist of one or two roadways (British English: carriageways), each with one or more lanes and any associated sidewalks (British English: pavement) and road verges. There is sometimes a bike path. Other names for roads include parkways, avenues, freeways, tollways, interstates, highways, or primary, secondary, and tertiary local roads.
Path (noun)
A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
Path (noun)
A course taken.
“the path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm”
Path (noun)
A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
Path (noun)
A metaphorical course.
Path (noun)
A method or direction of proceeding.
Path (noun)
A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL
Path (noun)
A vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
Path (noun)
A continuous map f from the unit interval I = [0,1] to a topological space X.
Path (noun)
Pathology.
Path (verb)
To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
Road (noun)
The act of riding on horseback. 9th-17th c.
Road (noun)
A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid. 9th-19th c.
Road (noun)
A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor. from 14th c.
Road (noun)
A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. from 16th c.
Road (noun)
A path chosen in life or career. from 17th c.
Road (noun)
An underground tunnel in a mine. from 18th c.
Road (noun)
A railway or a single railway track. from 19th c.
Road (noun)
A journey, or stage of a journey.
Road (noun)
A way or route.
Road (adjective)
At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
Path (noun)
a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading
“the path continues alongside the river for half a mile”
Path (noun)
the course or direction in which a person or thing is moving
“the missile traced a fiery path in the sky”
Path (noun)
a course of action or way of achieving a specified result
“a chosen career path”
“a vegetarian diet could be the path to a longer life”
Path (noun)
a schedule available for allocation to an individual railway train over a given route.
Path (noun)
a definition of the order in which an operating system or program searches for a file or executable program.
Path (verb)
(chiefly in computing and railway contexts) allocate a path.
Road (noun)
a wide way leading from one place to another, especially one with a specially prepared surface which vehicles can use
“a country road”
“the shipment of freight by road”
“a road accident”
“they live at 15 Park Road”
Road (noun)
the part of a road intended for vehicles, especially in contrast to a verge or pavement
“Clara had to walk in the road to avoid black plastic rubbish sacks”
Road (noun)
a regular trade route for a particular commodity
“the Silk Road across Asia to the West”
Road (noun)
an underground passage or gallery in a mine
“he had to work in a road about six feet wide”
Road (noun)
a railroad.
Road (noun)
a railway track, especially as clear (or otherwise) for a train to proceed
“they waited for a clear road at Hellifield Junction”
Road (noun)
a series of events or a course of action that will lead to a particular outcome
“he’s well on the road to recovery”
Road (noun)
a particular course or direction taken or followed
“the low road of apathy and alienation”
Road (noun)
a partly sheltered stretch of water near the shore in which ships can ride at anchor
“Boston Roads”