railbed vs substrate

railbed

noun
  • The substructure of a railway, underlying the tracks; the roadbed of a railroad. 

substrate

noun
  • An underlying layer; a substratum. 

  • The substance lining the bottom edge of an enclosure. 

  • A surface on which an organism grows, or to which an organism or an item is attached. 

  • A language that is replaced in a population by another language and that influences the language imposed on its speakers. 

  • A surface to which a substance adheres. 

  • A metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties. 

  • A substance acted upon, as by an enzyme. 

adj
  • Having very slight furrows. 

How often have the words railbed and substrate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )