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Congestion vs Crossing - What's the difference?

congestion | crossing |

As nouns the difference between congestion and crossing

is that congestion is congestion while crossing is an intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.

As an adjective crossing is

(rare) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.

As a verb crossing is

.

congestion

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
  • An excess of traffic.
  • (medicine) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
  • (medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
  • Derived terms

    * congestion charge or congestion pricing

    crossing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • A voyage across a body of water
  • (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it
  • Movement into a crossed position.
  • * 1989 , Stephen N. Tchudi, ?Diana D. Mitchell, Explorations in the Teaching of English (page 270)
  • For example, experts in kinesics — body language — recognize that a person sends out hundreds of nonverbal signals — eyebrow twitches, frowns, leg crossings and uncrossings — every second while he or she is speaking and listening.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • References

    * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.