metro vs underground

metro

noun
  • A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area. 

  • An urban rapid transit rail transport system, normally with lighter track and light trains (i.e. an S-Bahn or similar), or a train in such systems. 

  • A metropolitan area. 

adj
  • metropolitan 

underground

noun
  • Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground. 

  • A movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention. 

  • A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention. 

  • Regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines). 

adv
  • Below the ground. 

  • Secretly. 

adj
  • Hidden, furtive, secretive. 

  • Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth. 

  • Outside the mainstream, especially unofficial and hidden from the authorities. 

verb
  • To route electricity distribution cables underground. 

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