Difference between Tarmac and Macadam

What is the difference between Tarmac and Macadam?

Tarmac as a noun is the bituminous surface of a road. while Macadam as a noun is the surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).

Tarmac

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The bituminous surface of a road. Area of an airport where planes park or maneuver.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To pave To spend time idling on a runway, usually waiting for takeoff clearance

Macadam

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).Any road or street

We hope you now know whether to use Tarmac or Macadam in your sentence.

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