Diesel locomotive and Railway locomotive

Diesel locomotive

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

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

Railway locomotive

Railway locomotive noun - A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks.

Diesel locomotive and railway locomotive are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Diesel locomotive" with "Railway locomotive", this phrases are similar.
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