traverso

As nouns the difference between traverse and traverso

is that traverse is a route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent while traverso is a transverse flute of the Baroque period, made in three or four sections with a conical bore from the head joint down.

As a verb traverse

is to travel across, often under difficult conditions.

As an adverb traverse

is athwart; across; crosswise.

As an adjective traverse

is lying across; being in a direction across something else.

As a verb traverso

is .

As an adverb travers is

(obsolete) across; athwart.