Electric locomotive and Railway locomotive

Electric locomotive

Electric locomotive noun - A locomotive that is powered by an electric motor.

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

Railway locomotive

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

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