Diesel-electric locomotive and Diesel locomotive

Diesel-electric locomotive noun - A locomotive driven by the electric current generated by a diesel engine.

Diesel locomotive and diesel-electric locomotive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Diesel locomotive" instead a noun phrase "Diesel-electric locomotive".

Diesel locomotive noun - A locomotive driven by a diesel engine.

Diesel-electric locomotive and diesel locomotive are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Diesel-electric locomotive" with "Diesel locomotive", this phrases are similar.