Road and Trail

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Road noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

Usage example: I think we should take one of the less congested roads

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Trail is a synonym for road in path upon which travel occurs topic. In some cases you can use "Trail" instead a noun "Road".

Nearby Words: roadway, roadside, roadless, roadie

Trail noun - A rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps.

Usage example: took a trail through the woods to get to the main road

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Road is a synonym for trail in path topic. You can use "Road" instead a noun "Trail".

Nearby Words: trailed, trailer, trailing

right	right road	right trail
direct	direct road	direct trail
certain	certain road	certain trail
endless	endless road	endless trail
Other adjectives: actual, wrong, dangerous, muddy, narrow, steep, isolated, major, dusty, wide, nearest.

Forrest Gump: Lieutenant Dan was always getting these funny feelings about a rock or a trail or the road, so he'd tell us to get down, shut up.

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Road Sign Reversal: In "Winter Quarters", horse thieves move one of Tony's trail markers to send the circus up the wrong trail and strand them on top of a mountain.

Source: Series / Frontier Circus
In an episode of the Viva Piñata cartoon, the heroes flip a road sign to get the bad guy off their trail and send him towards a volcano.

Source: Road Sign Reversal

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