Crisscross vs Intersect - What's the difference?
crisscross | intersect |
To move back and forth (over something.)
To mark something with crossed lines.
A pattern of crossed lines.
A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.
marked with crossed lines
crossing one another
To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts.
* Cowper
(mathematics) of two sets, to have at least one element in common
As verbs the difference between crisscross and intersect
is that crisscross is to move back and forth (over something) while intersect is to cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts.As a noun crisscross
is a pattern of crossed lines.As an adjective crisscross
is marked with crossed lines.As an adverb crisscross
is crossing one another.crisscross
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Alternative forms
* criss-crossVerb
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(es)Adjective
(-)Adverb
(-)intersect
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Verb
(en verb)- Parallel lines don't intersect .
- Any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the centre.
- Lands intersected by a narrow frith / Abhor each other.