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subway vs underground

Both 'subway' and 'underground' are correct terms used to refer to an underground railway system. The choice between them depends on regional differences in English usage.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 886 views

subway

The term 'subway' is commonly used in American English to refer to an underground railway system.

It is used to describe an underground railway system where trains run beneath the ground level.

Examples:

  • I take the subway to work every day.
  • The subway system in New York City is extensive.
  • We will build the subway in Caracas.
  • I was on the subway when they called me.
  • It's not going to be easy getting into this subway station.
  • One murder by subway train, one disappearance.
  • I don't hear anything over the subway.
  • Seriously, you're spoiling me. I could've taken the subway.
  • It's an old map of a decommissioned subway line.
  • Where you can see a sign for the subway.
  • Get to the subway, Wilson platform 10.
  • You caught that lunatic that's been terrorizing the subway.
  • Rubbed up against a woman on a subway.
  • There was a police action on the subway.
  • This is because your mother I was in the subway.
  • He was getting off the subway and two guys stabbed him.
  • And then he lost me in the subway.
  • Yes, LA has a subway.
  • Apparently, there's a subway in L.A.
  • Yes, LA has a subway.
  • Apparently, there's a subway in L.A.
  • You take them to the basements or through the subway.

Alternatives:

  • metro
  • tube
  • underground

underground

The term 'underground' is commonly used in British English to refer to an underground railway system.

It is used to describe an underground railway system where trains run beneath the ground level.

Examples:

  • The London Underground is one of the oldest in the world.
  • I prefer to travel by underground in London.
  • The rebel ship has entered an underground passage.
  • The game takes place in a side-scrolling underground environment.
  • The underground's been shut indefinitely.
  • You met him in the underground recently.
  • They live underground and are suspicious of strangers.
  • Go underground and explore the Coudenberg Archaeological site.
  • Building the world's first underground railway causes chaos.
  • An underground network of hunters you traffic with.
  • Gherla prison has a very large underground area.
  • Two underground vestibules allow transfer to the surface.
  • I think that the Dollhouse is underground.
  • Another bar underground supplies the movie service twice a week.
  • The Frasassi caves are a worldwide known underground landmark.
  • Often lays eggs in petrels underground nests.
  • Meanwhile, activity of the Ukrainian underground increased.
  • The Soviet underground organization also worked in Kobrin.
  • Everyone else eventually finds their way underground.
  • Could be a stream underground, maybe hydroelectric power.
  • Sometimes these underground currents emerge in the form of waterfalls.
  • Your brother started an underground railroad for evolved humans.

Alternatives:

  • subway
  • metro
  • tube

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