Crossroads vs Crossing - What's the difference?
crossroads | crossing |
A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
(by extension) A centrally located position
(by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change direction, course, or goal.
(nonstandard) A fork in the road.
* 2005 , Phil Nordyke, All American, all the way: the combat history of the 82nd Airborne , page 723:
* 2010 , Raeanne Thayne, A Cold Creek Baby , page 199:
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)
(rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.
As nouns the difference between crossroads and crossing
is that crossroads is plural of lang=en while crossing is an intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.As an adjective crossing is
extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.As a verb crossing is
present participle of lang=en.crossroads
English
Noun
(head)- The Company A commander, Captain Helmer, was at the crossroads where the road split, with the left fork leading to Udenbreth, when he saw a group of men coming toward him.
- When she reached the crossroads where the trail split, one part of her yearned to head toward the lake.
Quotations
* * 2005 , Jake Logan, Slocum and the Sierra Madras Gold : *: The shiny wet black triangle at the crossroads of where her legs split. * 2010 , M. K. Hobson, The Native Star : *: When they came to a crossroads where the road split off into four cardinal directions, Stanton stood squinting up at the signpost for a long time.crossing
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.