Funicular and Railway

Funicular noun - A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars.

Railway and funicular are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Railway" instead a noun "Funicular".

Railway noun - A roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel.

Funicular and railway are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Funicular" with "Railway", this nouns are similar.