Passage vs. Corridor — What's the Difference?

A path, channel, or duct through, along, or across something.

A typically narrow area providing certain environmental conditions.

A journey, especially by sea.

A long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms.

The action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another

A strip of land or airspace providing a path.

A narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway

An enclosed passageway connecting different sections of a building.

The process of transition from one state to another

A long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms

A short extract from a book or other printed material

A narrow hallway, passageway, or gallery, often with rooms or apartments opening onto it.

The propagation of microorganisms or cells in a series of host organisms or culture media, so as to maintain them or modify their virulence

A tract of land designated or used for a specific purpose, as for railroad lines, highways, or pipelines.

A movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.

A route designated for a specific purpose

Subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage

A route or tract of land used by migrating animals.

Movement from one place to another

A thickly populated strip of land connecting two or more urban areas

The process of elapsing

A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.

The process of changing from one condition or stage to another; transition

A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.

Enactment into law of a legislative bill.

The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

A journey, especially one by air or water

Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.

The right to travel as a passenger, especially on a ship

A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.

The right, permission, or power to come and go freely

The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

A path, channel, or duct through, over, or along which something may pass

Any relatively narrow passageway or route, such as a strip of land through a foreign territory.

A corridor.

A densely populated stretch of land; as, the Northeast corridor, extending from Richmond, Virginia into Maine.

An occurrence or event

An enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

Something, such as an exchange of words or blows, that occurs between two persons

A defined path along which one has the right to travel.

A segment of a written work or speech

(Music) A segment of a composition, especially one that demonstrates the virtuousity of the composer or performer

A section of a painting or other piece of artwork; a detail.

(Physiology) The process of discharging something from a bodily part, such as evacuation of waste from the bowels.

(Medicine) The introduction of an instrument into a bodily cavity.

(Obsolete) Death.

A slow cadenced trot in which the horse raises and returns to the ground first one diagonal pair of feet, then the other.

To execute such a trot in dressage.

To cause (a horse) to execute such a trot in dressage.

A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.

Part of a path or journey.

An incident or episode.

The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.

The advance of time.

(art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.

A passageway or corridor.

(nautical) A strait or other narrow waterway.

(caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.

(euphemistic) The vagina.

The act of passing; movement across or through.

The right to pass from one place to another.

A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.

Serial passage.

A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.

(dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.

(medicine) To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium.

(rare) To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross.

To execute a passage movement.

Of a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nest.

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body.

Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance.

Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.

Removal from life; decease; departure; death.

Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor.

A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time.

A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed.

A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause.

Reception; currency.

A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.

A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.

In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.

The act of passing from one state or place to the next

A section of text; particularly a section of medium length

A way through or along which someone or something may pass

The passing of a law by a legislative body

A journey usually by ship;

A short section of a musical composition

A path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass;

A bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another;

The motion of one object relative to another;

The act of passing something to another person

The act or process of moving through, under, over, or past something.

A portion of a written work.

The process of transition from one condition or stage to another.

Yes, "passage" can refer to a section of text.

Yes, "corridor" typically refers to a hallway in a building.

Often, corridors suggest a linear, continuous passage.

Rarely. "Corridor" is mainly used in literal, physical contexts.

Yes, "passage" can refer to the act of passing from one place or stage to another.

Usually, it's a long hallway that gives access to rooms.

Yes, it may refer to the permission or action of passing.

Yes, it might denote a brief or transitory occurrence.

Yes, such as in “transportation corridor,” denoting a travel route.

Yes, "passage" can imply a way through which someone or something passes.

Largely, but "passage" might have broader uses.

Yes, it might refer to a pathway within an organism.

No, it can be metaphorical, like "a passage of time."

It's possible, e.g., in "corridor of power," but it's less common.

Typically, a corridor implies a constrained, defined pathway.